Daily variation in nursing home staffing was associated with poorer clinical quality in Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing homes, suggesting that reporting staffing variation could help provide...
The majority of nursing homes and assisted living facilities are facing staffing shortages and say that their workforce situation has gotten worse in 2021, according to a survey from the American...
Medicare spent an estimated $5 billion on hospital readmissions in 2018, which could be partially explained by nurse staffing shortages, a recently rereleased Government Accountability Office (GAO)...
CMS recently released four final Medicare payment rules for fiscal year (FY) 2022. The rules cover new rates and other policies for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), hospice agencies, inpatient...
CMS has proposed a $444 million increase in Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in the federal fiscal year (FY) 2022, according to a new proposed rule.
The rule released late...
Skilled nursing facility (SNF) staffing levels across several provider types have fallen since Medicare implemented new payment rules meant to drive value over volume of services, according to a new...
CMS recently announced that more than 3,400 nursing homes were fined because of noncompliance with infection control requirements and failure to report COVID-19 data during the public health...
In one of three Medicare payment rules recently released by CMS, the agency announced that it will increase skilled nursing facility reimbursement by $750 million, or 2.2 percent, for fiscal year (FY)...
Skilled nursing facilities are on the verge of collapsing due to historic underfunding and the financial repercussion of the COVID-19 crisis, according to a new report from the American Health Care...
Skilled nursing facilities are getting billions of dollars in grants from the federal government to offset growing expenses and lost revenue attributable to COVID-19, HHS recently announced.
The...
Skilled nursing facilities are slated to see a 2.3 percent, or $784 million, increase in Medicare payments in the 2021 fiscal year (FY), according to a rule proposed by CMS late on Friday.
CMS also...
Initial analysis of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) shows success in the model’s rollout, exceeding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s (CMS’s) predictions.
The model,...
