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September 8, 2025
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April 10, 2024
‘Ladders and lattices’ provide career opportunities for CNAs
Providers would be wise to help certified nursing assistants advance in their careers, according to an article in Caring for the Ages, a publication of AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
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July 21, 2025
CMS Extends SNF Revalidation Deadline to January 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the revalidation deadline for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) from August 1, 2025, to January 1, 2026. This extension gives SNFs additional time to update and submit their Medicare enrollment information, as part of CMS’ broader effort t...
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March 1, 2024
FY 2025 SNF VBP Program March 2024 Quarterly Reports are Now Available
The March 2024 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program are now available to download via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES).
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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...
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September 20, 2024
CMS Revalidating SNFs to Collect Data on Medical Directors, Managers, Ownership, and Other Related Information
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will revalidate enrolled skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) from October–December 2024 to collect data on ownership, managerial (e.g. medical directors), and related party information.
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October 18, 2024
CMS Finalizes New Medicare Appeal Rights for Hospital Status Changes
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicare Program: Appeal Rights for Certain Changes in Patient Status rule. This final rule establishes an appeal process for Medicare beneficiaries admitted as hospital inpatients but later reclassified as outpatients receiving...
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October 18, 2024
CMS Reporting of SNF Ownership and Management Sub-regulatory Guidance Released
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced recently that it will be revalidating enrolled skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) from October–December 2024 to collect data on ownership, managerial (e.g. medical directors), and related party information. To aid in the collection of that inf...
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December 12, 2025
CMS Indefinitely Suspends SNF Revalidation Deadline
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced an indefinite suspension of the January 1, 2026, revalidation deadline for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). This revalidation process was the primary mechanism CMS introduced to collect detailed ownership, managerial, and related-party ...
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February 2, 2024