CMS UNVEILS MAJOR CHANGES ON NURSING HOME SURVEYS FOR 2025
Skilled Nursing News, Nov. 19, 2024
The changes ...focus on a variety of areas, ranging from admission agreements and medication management to infection control and health equity considerations.
TRUMP TO TAP DR. OZ TO HEAD CMS
McKnight's LTC News, Nov. 19, 2024
He could serve under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was previously announced as Trump's pick to head the Dept. of Health and Human Services.
STUDY FINDS HOSPITAL DISCHARGES TO SNFs WERE LOWEST IN FIRST YEAR OF PANDEMIC
McKnight's LTC News, Nov. 19, 2024
The numbers from 2000 to 2023 were the lowest during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic when illness severity was highest.
HHS ASKS JUDGE TO TOSS STAFFING MANDATE LAWSUIT AND CALLS POTENTIAL FOR NATIONWIDE RELIEF "PARTICULARLY HARMFUL"
McKnight's LTC News, Nov. 18, 2024
The Department of Health and Human Services asked a federal court to reject claims that its six-month-old nursing home staffing mandate exceeds its rule-making authority.
LTC's IMMIGRANT LABOR OPPORTUNITIES: UNCERTAIN AND UNDER THREAT
McKnight's LTC News, Nov. 14, 2024
The next Trump administration could target student visas...reduce H-1 visas...or even limit access to workers from specific nations...
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT PUBLISHES 2025 BEST NURSING HOMES RATINGS
McKnight's LTC News, Nov. 12, 2024
California had the most LTC communities evaulated in the study (992), as well as the most high-performing (227).
CMS GIVES NURSING HOMES MONTHS MORE TO COMPLETE ONEROUS REVALIDATION PROCESS
McKnight's LTC News, Nov. 11, 2024
Providers will now have until May 1, 2025 to complete the additional paperwork needed to comply with the revalidation rule.
NURSING HOME PHYSICIANS, THERAPY PROVIDERS DECRY MEDICARE PAYMENT CUTS, IMPACT ON CARE
Skilled Nursing News, Nov. 8, 2024
Last week's finalized 2.83% cut to the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)...is raising concerns...with physicians calling the situation unsustainable.
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