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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...
Caring for the Ages
July 31, 2023
CMS Announces Multistate Initiative for Primary Care
Policy Snapshot
March 22, 2024
CMS Announces Reopening of 2023 MIPS EUC Application in Response to Change Healthcare Cyberattack
In response to the Change Healthcare cyberattack in late February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the data submission deadline and is now reopening the 2023 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) Exception Application to p...
Policy Snapshot
July 3, 2024
CMS Announces Updates to Information Being Posted to Nursing Home Compare
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a memo describing recent updates to nursing home data and Care Compare (QSO-24-14-NH).
Caring for the Ages
June 28, 2017
CMS Asks for Comments on Payment Model
Policy Snapshot
February 9, 2024
CMS Calling on Skilled Nursing Facilities to Report All Medical Directors Now
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently clarified that hospice and skilled nursing facility (SNF) medical directors and administrators are always considered managing employees for Medicare provider enrollment purposes. CMS is calling on all hospices and SNFs to report all current ma...
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2015
CMS Cites AMDA's Efforts to Reduce Antipsychotic Use
Caring for the Ages
March 29, 2016
CMS Clarifies How to Report Medicare Overpayments
Policy Snapshot
January 27, 2025
CMS Delays Telehealth Guidance Amid Communication Freeze
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has not yet released temporary guidance to private Medicare administrators (MACs) for updating payment codes to bill for telehealth services extended through March under the 2024 year-end package. This delay has caused confusion among stakeholders, who...
