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CMS Announces Care Compare Changes That Could Lead to Major Five-Star Impacts for Certain SNFs

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On June 18, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published new guidance announcing a major change to the way Care Compare will display survey information and the methodology for calculating the health inspection score...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Attention SNFs: Enhanced 855A Disclosure Requirement Deadline Extended to August 1, 2025

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

Bricker Graydon LLP

CMS Extends Mandatory SNF Off-Cycle Revalidations to August 1, 2025

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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

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Off-Cycle Medicare Revalidations for SNFs – Deadline Extended to August 1, 2025

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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

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UPDATE: SNFs Receive Even More Time to Complete Off-Cycle Revalidation

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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

McDermott Will & Schulte

CMS Updates SNF Attachment Guidance Ahead of May 1 Enrollment Deadline

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

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OIG Issues New Nursing Facility Compliance Guidance, Comes on the Heels of Enhanced Medicare Enrollment Requirements for SNFs

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The Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) recently followed up on a 2023 commitment to supplement its General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) by publishing its first...more

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Update on Regulatory Relief for North Carolina Long-Term Care Facilities After Hurricane Helene

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The North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation (“DHSR”) has issued guidance to Adult Care Home (ACH), Family Care Home (FCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) providers regarding temporary waivers or modification...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Updated Guidance Permits Nursing Home Visits While Still Focusing on Protection of Residents and Staff

Earlier this week, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revised its previous guidance concerning nursing home visits, and - in much welcome news to residents and their loved ones - is instructing nursing homes to...more

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CMS Implements Stricter COVID-19 Testing Regulations on Nursing Homes

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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

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Today's Tips for Tomorrow's Litigation for Skilled Nursing Homes

Nursing home and other long-term care facilities are bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic because their residents are at the highest risk for contracting the disease. It has been recently reported that 20 percent of all...more

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To Focus on COVID-19 Threats, CMS Suspends Non-Emergency Inspections - CMS also issued guidelines for the inspection process in...

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in a March 4, 2020 letter to State Survey Agency Directors that CMS is suspending non-emergency inspections in order to allow inspectors to focus on the most...more

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CMS Issues COVID-19 Guidance To Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - CMS encourages hospitals and nursing facilities to be vigilant...

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in two letters to State Survey Agencies dated March 4, 2020, new guidance for infection control and prevention concerning coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in...more

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