Little-noticed provisions in the tax bill will ease requirements on nursing homes and make it harder for some patients to pay ...

Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) drafted a rule that would repeal the federal staffing ...

In 2018, the Scripps Gerontology Center conducted the ninth biennial Ohio Nursing Home and the second Ohio Residential Care Facility Family Satisfaction Surveys under a contract to the Ohio Department ...

After being besieged by concerned skilled nursing providers and their national advocacy groups, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week quietly extended a quick-turnaround deadline it ...

The Social Security Act mandates that all nursing homes participating in the Medicare program—currently more than 14,000—undergo an annual recertification inspection, known as a standard survey, to ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is making several updates to the Civil Monetary Penalty Reinvestment Program (CMPRP), including ...