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CMS Releases Updated COVID-19 Testing Guidance for Nursing Homes

CMS has released updated COVID-19 testing guidance (QSO-20-38-NH Revised) for all nursing homes. Two major changes include a requirement for ALL residents and staff to be tested immediately, whether they …

Skilled Nursing

CMS Makes Nursing Home COVID-19 Booster Vaccination Data Available Online

CMS) is now posting data on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots administered to nursing home residents and staff on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website. The data will show resident and staff booster rates at …

Skilled Nursing

SNFs: Staffing is More Important than Ever! CMS Begins Posting Staff Turnover and Weekend Staff Levels on Medicare Care Compare.

CMS will begin posting for the first time ever, staff turnover rates and weekend staff levels for nursing homes on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website today. Staffing in nursing homes has a …

Skilled Nursing

The IRF/LTCH/SNF QRP Submission Deadline is Tonight at Midnight!

The submission deadline for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs is almost here. IRF-PAI and LTCH CARE Data Set …

Skilled Nursing

Two Important Nursing Home Memos from CMS: Changes to Visitation and Surveys!

Today CMS released two new memos that update visitation procedures and and survey actions for skilled nursing (SNF) providers. In the first memo, available here, CMS is telling providers to …

Skilled Nursing

New Medicare.gov Tool Allows Consumers to Compare Nursing Home Vaccination Rates

CMS is making it easier to check COVID-19 vaccination rates for nursing home staff and residents with a new feature on Medicare.gov. Nursing Home vaccination data will be available in a …

Skilled Nursing

Nursing Home Stakeholder Call: Today, August 25th!

CMS is hosting a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call today, Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 4:00pm – 4:30pm ET During this call, CMS will provide a recap of recent announcements …

COVID-19 / Skilled Nursing

CMS Requires All Nursing Home Staff to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19

CMS, in collaboration with the CDC, is developing an emergency regulation requiring staff vaccinations within the nation’s more than 15,000 Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing homes. This new requirement is a …

COVID-19 / Skilled Nursing

OIG Releases a New Report on the Impact of COVID-19 on Medicare Beneficiaries in Nursing Homes

A new report from OIG shows the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Medicare beneficiaries in U.S. nursing homes in 2020. It provides objective, standardized data based on Medicare …

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The Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Reporting Deadline is Just Weeks Away! Are You Prepared?

The CARES Act, passed in March last year, included $175 billion in Provider Relief Funding (PRF). Lawmakers promised that these funds would be available to providers with no strings attached …

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