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Nursing Homes a Top Area of Focus in Presidential State of the Union Address

As part of his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Joe Biden focused on nursing homes as among the most important issues our nation is currently facing. While his speech did not devote a lot of time to the...more

3/3/2022 / Biden Administration , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Medicaid , Medicare , Nursing Homes , Skilled Nursing Facility

Selected CMS Guidance for Billing for Skilled Nursing Facility Services

Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) should take note of the updates and clarifications set forth in Medlearn Matters article 8997, issued by the CMS on March 13, 2015. Medlearn Matters article 8997 updates the chapters in the...more

4/7/2015 / Billing , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Medicare , Medicare Benefit Policy Manual , Medicare Claims Processing Manual , Skilled Nursing Facility

New Clarifications Affect Physician and Hospital Medicare Part B Billing for Services Provided by Nursing and Other Staff...

CMS recently released rules changing the requirements for Medicare coverage of services furnished incident to a physician’s, NP’s, or PA’s services. Howard Sollins, Donna Senft and Susan Turner explain the effect of the...more

7/31/2014 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Healthcare , Medicare , Medicare Part B , New Regulations , Nurses , Physician Assistants , Physicians

CMS Survey Guidance and Amendment to SOM Advance Copy of Revised F371; Interpretive Guidance and Procedures for Sanitary...

On May 20 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued S&C 14-34-NH devoted to the topic of egg preparation in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Lest one think that this is an odd or random topic, it is relevant...more

6/4/2014 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Elder Issues , Healthcare , Medicaid , Medicare , Nursing Homes

Final Regulations Governing Closure of Long Term Care Facilities

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final regulation to further implement section 6113 of the federal health reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The March 19, 2013,...more

3/29/2013 / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Compliance , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Long-Term Care , Medicaid , Medicare , Nursing Homes , Sanctions

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