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Spotlight on Minimum Staffing Standards in Long Term Care Facilities

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The long term care industry is currently in the midst of a labor crisis, with nursing homes in particular experiencing chronic and severe staffing shortages. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, a rapidly aging population,...more

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CMS Proposes Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule on Sept. 1, 2023, that, if finalized, would impose minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities participating in Medicare or Medicaid....more

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CMS Implements Stricter COVID-19 Testing Regulations on Nursing Homes

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As part of a broader Trump administration announcement made on August 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued sweeping oversight changes in the form of an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period...more

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CMS Releases Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule

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On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System...more

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CMS Releases FY 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule

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• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 23, 2019, released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule. • The proposed payment rate increase...more

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CMS Lifts Ban on Arbitration Agreements and Proposes Rules for Transparency in the Arbitration Process

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In a new proposed rule published in June 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to abandon its previous rule prohibiting long term care facilities from entering into pre-dispute arbitration...more

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CMS Proposes New Payment Model and Other Changes for Home Health Agencies

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Among the various payment updates proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) this summer, the proposed payment update for the home health agency prospective payment system (HHA-PPS), published in the...more

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CMS Seeks Comments on Overhauling Hospital IPPS

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CMS is asking for feedback on how Medicare can make the health care delivery system simpler for patients and health care providers. This spring's Fiscal Year 2018 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the...more

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Overreaching or Underreaching? Comments on the CMS Proposed Rule on Arbitration Agreement in Long Term Care Facilities

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During the 90-day public comment period on the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule entitled “Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities” which closed October 14, 2015, CMS received nearly...more

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CMS Publishes Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) FY 2015 Proposed Rule

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On April 30, 2014, CMS posted its proposed changes and updates to the Medicare IPPS [PDF] that would apply beginning in fiscal year (FY) 2015. Comments are due by June 30, 2014. Below is a summary of the major changes to the...more

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