Sequestration Cuts Impact Nursing Homes and Post-Acute Care Providers
In a transmittal issued on April 5, 2013, CMS provided guidance on survey activities that will be affected by the sequestration cuts. The transmittal provides guidance on several areas that will have...
View ArticleCMS Releases Study of General Inpatient Hospice Care
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the results of a study of hospice general inpatient care (“GIP”) based on an analysis of Medicare Part A hospice claims for...
View ArticleCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Acts to Improve Dementia...
In November 2011, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) initiated a study regarding the use of atypical antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes. The findings from the study indicated these types of...
View ArticleOCR Online
On July 12, 2013, CMS issued S&C: 13-46-ALL regarding changes for State Survey Agency (“SA”) obtaining OCR information from providers seeking initial enrollment in the Medicare program or for...
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Notification of Facility Closure Changes to State Operations Manual
On August 2, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued an update to the State Operations Manual (“SOM”) regarding the process for notification of a facility closure. The...
View ArticleAutomatic Sprinkler System Requirement Now in Effect for Long-Term Care...
On August 13, 2013, all nursing facilities participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs were required to be in compliance with the automatic sprinkler systems’ regulation that was published in a...
View ArticleCMS Clarifies Requirements for Minimum Data Set Discharge Assessments
On August 23, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a memorandum that addressed issues arising from incomplete, inaccurate and missing Minimum Data Set (“MDS”)...
View ArticleHouse Bill Proposes Bundled Payments and Readmission Penalties for Nursing Homes
The House of Representatives recently proposed legislation that would bundle payments for post-acute care services and create penalties for readmissions to Medicare-certified nursing homes. The...
View ArticleExpansion of IIDR
Beginning October 1, 2013, a skilled nursing facility (“SNF”), a nursing facility (“NF”) or a dually-certified SNF/NF will be permitted to request an independent informal dispute resolution (“IIDR”)...
View ArticleCMS Deletes Certain Citations Under §483.70(a), Associated Tag F-454
Effective October 25, 2013, CMS deleted citations for tag F-454 under 42 C.F.R. §483.70(a) pertaining to Physical Environment—Life Safety From Fire. CMS noted, because these requirements are covered...
View ArticleObama Budget Contains Numerous Post-Acute Care Cuts
President Obama introduced his fiscal year (“FY”) 2015 budget yesterday, and there are many proposed cuts to post-acute care providers. Some of the highlights include a number of bundled payment...
View ArticleExtension of Due Date for Nursing Home Automatic Sprinkler Installation
On May 16, 2014, CMS issued a Survey and Certification Transmittal (“Transmittal”) to the state survey agency directors providing infomation on how Medicare and Medicaid certifed long-term care...
View ArticleCMS Reiterates Need for Discharge Assessment to Non-Certified Beds
On August 25, 2014, CMS issued a survey transmittal regarding the need for nursing homes to complete a discharge assessment when a resident transfers from a SNF and/or NF certified bed to a...
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