[01/18/22]
Posted on January 18, 2022 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
Amidst a nationwide nursing and skilled nursing facility staffing crisis, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that additional information regarding nursing home staff numbers will be added to the January 2022 CMS Care Compare website. The staffing data will impact the Five-Star Quality Rating calculations in the middle of 2022. Skilled... READ MORE
Tags: cms, five star, PBJ, staff turnover, staffing, weekend staff
[12/31/18]
Posted on December 31, 2018 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
On November 30, 2018, CMS issued a Memorandum to State Survey Agency Directors (QSO-19-02-NH), announcing its concerns about adequate registered nurse staffing in skilled nursing facilities and that it will provide CMS Regional Offices and State Survey Agencies with a list of facilities with potential staffing issues to support survey activities for evaluating sufficient staffing and... READ MORE
Tags: acute care, CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES, CIVIL MONEY PENALTY, cmp, cms, FACILITY ASSESSMENT, long term care, nursing home, PAYROLL BASED JOURNAL, PBJ, POST ACUTE CARE, REGISTERED NURSE; COMPLIANCE, SKILLED NURSING, staffing, survey
[02/12/15]
Posted on February 12, 2015 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
On February 12, CMS hosted an Open Door Forum on the upcoming changes to the Nursing Home Compare Five-Star rating system. These changes will be effective on February 20th. Nursing facilities will be able to privately view their revised ratings by mid-morning on Friday, February 13, via their MDS portal login. The updated scoring system may... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, cms, compare, five star, home, jent, long term care, mds, nf, nursing, quality, selby, snf, staffing
[08/02/12]
Posted on August 2, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care (AQNHC) released the results of a study conducted concerning the future of skilled nursing facility (SNF) reimbursement. While SNF providers have recently seen their reimbursement rates improve, the study report projects SNF providers are facing $65 billion in reimbursement cuts over the next ten years. The reimbursement... READ MORE
Tags: ACA, bufford, cms, cuts, jent, Litigation and Risk Management, long term care, medicaid, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, reimbursement, selby, sequestration, snf, staffing
