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On April 17, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) formally announced an extension for the mandatory off-cycle revalidation deadline for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)....more
On April 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 for skilled...more
Mandatory Medicare reporting for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) has been delayed to August 1, 2025, to the relief of many in the industry. As a reminder, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) required the...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) again has delayed the deadline for its mandatory provider revalidation program for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), this time to Aug. 1, 2025. The change was made because...more
In October, we broke down the required off-cycle Medicare revalidation of all Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) in an Alert and related blog post. We were happy to announce in November that CMS extended the deadline for SNFs...more
Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) historically have been required to disclose ownership and managerial control information as part of their Medicare enrollment. However, these requirements were significantly expanded to...more
Bond’s health care and long term care practice groups want to ensure you’re ahead of the curve on a compliance requirement that will affect the nation’s skilled nursing facilities and, potentially, the organizations they work...more
News Briefs - CMS Increases Acute Care Inpatient Hospital Payments by $2.9B - HHS has finalized the fiscal year 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System rule. The rule...more
On April 22, 2024, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency...more
A new rule will require nursing homes enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid to make disclosures about certain facility ownership, management and other operational information. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more
AGG’s Home Health & Hospice team publishes a quarterly newsletter covering legal and regulatory topics specific to the home and community-based healthcare industry. The fields of end-of-life and home healthcare present...more
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Following the Biden administration’s efforts to promote nursing home safety, transparency, accountability and quality, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposed rule governing nursing home...more
GAO issued a report on December 12, 2022, that identified gaps in the reporting requirements for hospice abuse and neglect allegations as compared with requirements for extended care provided in hospitals and nursing homes....more
For the Biden administration, the over 200,000 COVID-related deaths of nursing home residents and staff have served as a powerful signal for the need for nursing home reform. As part of the administration’s reform efforts,...more
On May 11, 2021, CMS issued an interim final rule requiring that nursing homes and other congregate care facilities: (1) educate all residents and staff about COVID-19 vaccines; (2) offer COVID-19 vaccines to all residents...more
As part of a broader Trump administration announcement made on August 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued sweeping oversight changes in the form of an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period...more
On August 25, 2020, CMS announced two new changes pertaining to nursing homes during the COVID-19 public health emergency. First, CMS published an interim final rule with comment period (IFC), which requires nursing home...more
CMS has issued a new rule clarifying that its daily Covid-19 reporting via the HHS Teletracking portal is mandatory as a condition of participation in the Medicare program...more
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On June 1st, CMS issued a press release outlining its efforts to enhance enforcement actions against nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities (“LTC facilities”) with violations of infection control practices. CMS’s...more
On April 19, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that in addition to requiring that nursing homes report communicable diseases, healthcare-associated infections, and potential outbreaks to...more
On April 19, CMS announced two new reporting requirements for nursing homes: first, nursing homes will now be required to inform, on an ongoing basis, residents, their families, and representatives of confirmed or suspected...more
On Sunday, April 19, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will be issuing a new rule on COVID-19 reporting requirements with possible penalties for nursing homes that fail to comply. 42 CFR...more