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Client Alert: CMS Again Delays Updates to its Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities Under Appendix PP of the State Operations Manual
On March 10, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a further delay in the implementation of proposed updates to ...
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CMS Delay Of Survey Changes ‘A Gift’ That Skilled Nursing Providers Cannot Squander
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has delayed nursing home survey changes for another month, with ...
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CMS pushes back iQIES turnover for nursing home surveys
Updates to a 20-year-old data-reporting system critical to nursing home survey compliance efforts will be delayed at least four months.
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Federal workforce cuts slice through health agencies
The cuts have hit recent hires in CMS' federal nurse surveyor workforce. Surveyors do on-the-ground inspections of health facilities to make sure they're operating within federal safety standards.
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How Spring Surveyor Guidance Will Impact Care Transitions in Nursing Homes
Transitions in nursing home care will be heavily impacted by upcoming surveyor guidance, but operators can prepare by being ...
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Special Focus nursing home wins restraining order to block removal from Medicare, citing residents’ ‘transfer trauma’
A special focus nursing home has been granted a restraining order against the termination of its Medicare and Medicaid certification.