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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
CMS Releases Proposed Rule for 2026 ESRD PPS - As the nephrology organization representing the specialty on socioeconomic and physician practice issues, the Renal Physicians Association analyzes and disseminates...more
News Briefs - Federal Judge Rejects Nursing Home RN Staffing Mandate - A federal judge has struck down the federal nursing home staffing mandate's demands that a registered nurse be on duty 24/7 every day of the year, as well...more
On May 28, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Innovation Center formally announced the early termination of the Kidney Care First (“KCF”) model effective December 31, 2025, and issued a suite of...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published a press release rescinding its June 2022 guidance concerning hospitals’ obligations to pregnant women under the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act...more
CMS announced in a letter released on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 (CMS Letter) that it will ramp up financial oversight of states to detect misuse of federal Medicaid funds “[t]o ensure that federal money is not used to pay for or...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new Updated Hospital Price Transparency Guidance (Guidance) to “strengthen the Hospital Price Transparency requirements, requiring hospitals to post the actual...more
On April 7, 2025, U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas struck down the Biden administration’s final rule related to federally imposed minimum staffing requirements for long term care...more
On May 22, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took a series of actions to promote enhanced price transparency compliance by hospitals and identify challenges thereto, in order to inform future price...more
Assisted Living and the Law, hosted by Troutman Pepper Locke attorneys Cal Stein and Emma Trivax, offers timely insights and practical advice on navigating the complex and evolving legal landscape of the long-term care...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published the fiscal year (“FY”) 2026 proposed rule for Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) (the “Proposed Rule”). Comments to the Proposed Rule...more
Hospitals that serve a high number of indigent patients are faced with a dilemma: they must provide high-quality care but fixed Medicare reimbursement rates often do not take into account the higher operating costs that they...more
On April 11, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published its annual proposed rule for the federal fiscal year (“FFY”) 2026 inpatient prospective payment system (“IPPS”) and long-term care hospital...more
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
On April 11, 2025, CMS issued its fiscal year (FY) 2026 prospective payment system (PPS) proposed payment rule for inpatient psychiatric hospitals (IPFs). In addition to updating Medicare payment rates, adjustment factors,...more
On April 11, 2025, CMS issued a proposed rule that “would update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and cap amount for FY 2026” as required under the Social Security Act, clarify payment regulations on admission to...more
With newly confirmed Dr. Mehemet Oz at its helm, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) maintained but delayed the deadline for its requirement that Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) to report significantly...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 11, 2025, issued the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2026 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) Rule...more
Introduction: A different perspective - Within the compliance profession, Cecilia Fellouse has noted, “Under the weight of incessant regulatory demands, individuals and teams often fall prey to compliance fatigue. This...more
On April 11, 2025, CMS proposed a rule that would update policies and payment rates used under the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for FY 2026 (Proposed Rule). The Proposed Rule also proposes...more
This article is an update to a December 2024 client alert. On April 17, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") extended the revalidation deadline for its 855A skilled nursing facility...more
On April 7, 2025, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas vacated two provisions of a major 2024 CMS nurse staffing regulation requiring nursing homes to have an RN on site 24 hours a day, 7 days per week...more
On April 17, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced another extension of the deadline by which skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) must revalidate their Medicare enrollments: Enrolled skilled...more
In its April 17 MLN Newsletter, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) once again extended the deadline for skilled nursing facilities (SNF) to submit their off-cycle revalidation from May 1 to August 1, 2025....more
On April 7, 2025, a Federal District Court in Texas vacated the controversial Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposal to require specific staffing requirements in skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”).[1]...more