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Policy Snapshot
March 29, 2024
Updates to the SNF Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2025
On March 28, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule (CMS-1802-P) that provides updates to the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP). In this proposed rule, CMS is proposing to require SNFs to collect and submit throug...
Caring for the Ages
November 3, 2025
The Transformative Journey of An Interview with the EditorsCaring for the Ages:The Transformative Journey of An Interview with the Editors
Policy Snapshot
November 22, 2024
CMS Announces Key Revisions to Nursing Home Surveyor Guidance for 2025
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released updated guidance for nursing home surveyors that will take effect on February 24, 2025. The updates aim to enhance the quality of care and ensure compliance with evolving standards in long-term care facilities. These revisions, which will be i...
Policy Snapshot
May 3, 2024
Physician Practice Input is Needed by June 30 to Help Inform Accurate Physician Payment
A national survey of physician practices led by the American Medical Association (AMA) is underway and we urge your cooperation with this effort. The objective of the Physician Practice Information (PPI) Survey is to gather accurate data on practice costs and the hours of patient care that physicians provi...
Policy Snapshot
March 10, 2025
CMS Extends Implementation Deadline for Revised Surveyor Guidance to April 2025
On March 10, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an additional extension for the implementation of all revised surveyor guidance, now set for April 28, 2025, as detailed in QSO-25-14-NH. Initially released in November 2024, the guidance has seen multiple extensions from i...
Caring for the Ages
February 26, 2021
Commentary on Golden to Editor’s Note: An Urgent Need for Public “Perception” Reform
JAMDA
March 26, 2022
The National Home-Based Primary Care Learning Network: A Practice-Based Quality Improvement and Research Network
Home-based primary care (HBPC) provides interdisciplinary, comprehensive care at home for homebound older adults and has been largely excluded from the national conversation on care quality and quality improvement. In this Pragmatic Innovations article, we describe the work of the National HBPC Learning Ne...
JAMDA
January 23, 2014
Clinical Uncertainties in the Approach to Long Term Care Residents With Possible Urinary Tract Infection
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is arguably the most common infection in the long term care (LTC) setting. Making the diagnosis of UTI and deciding when to initiate treatment with antimicrobial therapy is a challenge to all LTC providers. Widespread prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria, lack of an accepted...
JAMDA
June 19, 2018