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Update: CMS Extends Skilled Nursing Facilities’ Medicare Revalidation Deadline

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On July 17, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an additional extension of the deadline by which skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) must revalidate their Medicare enrollments. Enrolled SNFs...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

SNF Off-Cycle CMS-855A Reporting Delayed to January 1, 2026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has extended the window for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) to file off-cycle Medicare revalidation documents until January 1, 2026. This marks CMS’ third deadline...more

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Off-Cycle Medicare Revalidations for SNFs – Deadline Extended Again to January 1, 2026

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On July 17, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced via a Medicare Learning Network (“MLN”) update that the deadline for submission of mandatory off-cycle Medicare revalidations...more

Stotler Hayes Group, LLC

Still Stuck in the (Utah) Gap: How the “Miller Trust” Punishes the Most Vulnerable

For those seeking Medicaid coverage to pay for their care in a skilled care setting, like a nursing home, the Medicaid process can be daunting. For institutional Medicaid approval, an applicant must prove that they are...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CMS Announces Changes for SNFs on Care Compare Website

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), Center for Clinical Standards and Quality recently announced upcoming changes to skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) profiles on the Medicare Care Compare website. Care...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (“OHCA”) Initiates First Cost and Market Impact Review (“CMIR”)

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On June 6, 2025, the California Office of Health Care Affordability (“OHCA”) issued its first determination to conduct a Cost and Market Impact Review (“CMIR”) under its health care oversight law. This CMIR will involve...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Were All Those Nurse Staffing Seminars for Naught?

The contentious Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule (Rule), which established minimum staffing requirements for federally funded long-term care facilities (LTC) such as skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for Medicare and...more

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Federal Judge Vacates Key Provisions of CMS’s Nursing Home Staffing Mandate

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Earlier last week, Hon. Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated two key provisions of CMS’s 2024 nationwide staffing mandate, the requirements that skilled nursing facilities...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

OIG Nursing Facility Compliance Program Guidance: Renewed Focus on Fraud and Abuse

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) release of Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (ICPG) for the first time since 2008 reemphasizes the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Proposed New Rules to Add Long-Term Care Safety Requirements in Georgia

The Georgia Department of Community Health (“DCH”) board recently introduced proposed updates to long-term care facility standards, impacting background check requirements, care models for at-risk youth, and staffing...more

Stotler Hayes Group, LLC

Medicare Advantage Plans Onerous Prior Authorizations Requirements & Negative Impacts on Skilled Nursing Facilities

Traditional Medicare (Parts A and B) and Medicare Advantage (Part C, including additional vision, dental, and hearing benefits) plans aim to provide comprehensive medical benefits to American Seniors and adults with...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Emergency Amendments to Licensure of Nursing Facilities Regulations (216-RICR-40-10-1)

On September 29, 2023, the Rhode Island Department of Health (“RIDOH”) announced emergency amendments to the Licensure of Nursing Facility Regulations that will greatly affect the operation and regulatory review of skilled...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Regulations, contracts, and credentialing for medical directors and attending physicians

There are many rules and regulations governing attending physician visits and medical directors. Unfortunately, there is plenty of room for error when documenting attending physician visits, establishing medical director...more

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