The final rule is part of the administration’s focus on nursing home reform and comes a year after President Biden issuedExecutive Order No. 14095requiring the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider actions that would reduce staffing turnover, which is ass...
“The Final Rule thus promises to be a nightmare not only for owners and operators of nursing homes, but also for the vulnerable residents they serve, in direct derogation of CMS’s statutory mandate,” according to the complaint,filed in the Northern District of Texas. In addition to CMS, ...
Nursing facilitiesPerson-CenteredPolicyRegulationsStaffingIn July of 2015, the Federal Register published for public comment proposed rule changes for nursing homes certified to receive Medicare and/or Medicaid. If the final rules are similar to the proposed rules, they will represent the largest change...
The CMS final rule that establishes the minimum staffing levels at nursing homes CMS’s calculations of Medicare DSH payments Medicare pay reductions arising from the Home Health Patient-Driven Groupings Model TheLoperdecision has several important implications in the context of ...
final rule updates payment rates, including implementing the second phase of the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) parity adjustment recalibration. This final rule also updates the diagnosis code mappings used under PDPM, the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP), and the...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final rule updating the Home Health Agencies (HHA) payment rates and policies for the calendar year (CY) 2025 Home Health prospective payment system (PPS). CMS estimates a 2.7% increase, but when combined with the behavioral offset...
Attorneys General from 20 states asked a federal judge to grant a temporary injunction halting implementation of changes to new rules affecting minimum nursing home staffing requirements announced by the Centers for Medicare...more Medicare’s 60-Day Rule ...
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) haspublisheda new interim final rule andadditional guidance and FAQsthat, among other portions applicable to other health care providers, address the new requirement that Medicare and Medicaid certified...
The interim final rule—“Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency”—is aimed at assisting providers in responding to the current PHE as well as future disasters by making permanent regulatory changes with time limit...
On December 29, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the “Guidance for the Interim Final Rule – Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccinations.” Theinterim final rulewas published on November 5, 2021. ...