As part of the Biden administration’s initiative to ensure safe and quality care in long-term care facilities, on May 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a final rule implementing minimum...more
Post-acute and long term care providers have endured a state of distress since March 2020, not only from the challenges created by the COVID-19 virus, but also from ever-increasing regulatory compliance burdens, changes in...more
2/3/2023
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Acute Facilities ,
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
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Long Term Care Facilities ,
Nursing Homes ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sellers ,
Skilled Nursing Facility
On Friday, July 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule on 2023 Medicare rates for skilled nursing facilities...more
On April 11, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the FY 2023 Medicare Proposed Rule for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). Key policy changes include a proposed recalibration of the Patient...more
4/27/2022
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Long Term Care Facilities ,
Nurses ,
Nursing Homes ,
Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Value-Based Purchasing
For health care providers, particularly long term care providers, COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges. In response to those challenges, both the federal and state governments have responded over the course of the...more
6/16/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Long-Term Care ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Nursing Homes ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
State Legislatures ,
Waivers
Nashville is home to a lot of musicians. It is also home to a number of organizations known as “performing rights organizations,” or PROs. Within the United States, the three main PROs are Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI),...more
I. August 2017—Tennessee Certificate of Need Meeting -
The agency approved the following applications during the August 23 meeting.
A. Consent Agenda -
1. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (Davidson...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a wholesale revision to the rules governing long term care (LTC) facilities on September 28, 2016. Prompted by the changing population of nursing homes which have...more