LeadingAge

... residing in assisted living facilities (ALFs) and nursing facilities (NFs).  As the regulatory focus on improper Medicare payments becomes more ... discharge status code not equal to “40” (expired at home), “41” (expired in a medical facility) or “42” ...

2020 January 2020 Nursing Home Regulatory Report Newsletter Archive ...

... toilets or sink drains as a means of disposal. Skilled nursing and nursing facilities, nursing centers of life plan ... On March 5, CMS announced that the April 2019 Nursing Home Compare update will lift the Five  Star freeze and ... and welcomes your comments and concerns. Nursing Home Regulatory Developments ...

...  (4/9/21) Drive for 75: Week 6 Resources  (4/9/21) Nursing Home Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update  (4/9/21) Senior ... For Aging Services  (4/22/20)  NCSHA Matrix of IRS Regulatory Relief as of April 21  (4/22/20)   New OAA and ...

Division of Nursing Homes Director Evan Shulman presented a skilled nursing regulatory update at the LeadingAge Annual Meeting in San ... questions from audience members. Changes to Nursing Home Compare On October 23, CMS implemented 2 changes to ...

... care (PAC) settings. Those settings include skilled nursing facilities, long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and home health agencies. MedPAC believes that a PAC PPS is both ... and frontier areas that pose their own public policy and regulatory issues. A full summary of that meeting can be ...

CMS held a phone call for all nursing home providers this afternoon to coincide with the release of ... Protection and Affordable Care Act; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public ...

... released an interim final rule on May 1 containing new nursing home requirements for reporting COVID-19 data. Requirements ... skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities, to report incidences and data related to COVID-19 directly to ...

... of a new year, here’s where things stand with CMS and nursing homes: Rules and Interpretive Guidance CMS announced ... Programs; Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities: Regulatory Provisions to Promote Efficiency and Transparency ... control continues to be the top citation in nursing home surveys nationally, with hand hygiene as the main cause ...

... insufficient’ pandemic response (7/30/20) Skilled Nursing News , HHS Boosts Initial Nursing Home Testing Shipment by 400, Promises ‘Affirmative ... Providers (7/30/20) Home Health Care News , Dombi: Regulatory Flexibilities Mean More Competition for Home ...