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May 24, 2024
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Caring for the Ages
August 6, 2022
CMS Issues Updates to Improve the Safety and Quality of Care for Long-Term Care Residents
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January 15, 2025
CMS Launches Nursing Home Staffing Campaign
Providing safe, quality care in nursing homes is a top priority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Nursing home workers play a vital role in supporting residents with essential daily tasks, such as bathing, dressing, mobility, and eating. They also ensure medications are taken, and ...
Policy Snapshot
February 2, 2024
CMS Launches Value-Based Care Spotlight Website
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Innovation Center Director Liz Fowler announced the launch of the Value-Based Care Spotlight. The new site aims to enhance understanding of value-based care (VBC) as a cornerstone of transforming health care with helpful information for both the public and health-c...
Policy Snapshot
April 12, 2024
CMS Medicare Telehealth Trends Data – Quarterly Update
The Medicare Telehealth Trends Data highlights trends in the use of telehealth services between January 1, 2020, and September 30, 2023. The data allow for analysis of telehealth utilization by quarter, state, and various demographic characteristics.
Policy Snapshot
January 17, 2025
CMS Moves Closer to Accountable Care Goals with 2025 Accountable Care Organization Initiatives
In a recently released report, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) states that the agency has made substantial progress on its goal for all people with traditional Medicare to be in a care relationship with accountability for quality and total cost of care by 2030. As of January 2025, 53...
Policy Snapshot
June 21, 2024
CMS Preparing to Close Program that Addressed Medicare Funding Issues Resulting from Change Healthcare Cyber-Attack
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that payments under the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program for the Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) will conclude on July 12, 2024. Launched in early March, the CHOPD payments were designed to ease cash flow disruptions...
Caring for the Ages
May 27, 2016
CMS Promises Streamlined, Flexible Program to Replace Meaningful Use
Caring for the Ages
September 28, 2017
CMS Proposes Changes to Payment Models
Caring for the Ages
June 2, 2015