While providers aren’t required to follow OIG recommendations, a compliance program based on their guidance can spare ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released waivers that allow nursing homes to temporarily delay pre-admission screenings for residents. The agency allows states and nursing homes to ...
Inconsistent interpretation of federal regulations at the state level, and surveyor subjectivity are gray areas that will ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes a host of changes to the revised Medicare Requirements for Participation (“Requirements for Participation”) that it promulgated in 2016 ...
In my previous article about the Nursing Home Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement guidelines (QAPI), published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, I discussed my delight in ...