Last month, Terri Harris and I broke down The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) required off-cycle revalidation of all Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) in an Alert and related
Continue Reading SNFs Receive Additional Time to Complete Off-Cycle Revalidation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced it will require off-cycle revalidation for all Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). During this process, CMS will collect ownership, management, and
Continue Reading Attention SNFs: Be on the Lookout for CMS Off-Cycle RevalidationOn June 1, 2020 CMS published QSO-20-31-All. It is effective immediately and provides in part as follows:
(1) States will need to perform focused infection control surveys (FICS) of
Continue Reading Focused Infection Control Surveys for Nursing Homes to be Completed by July 31, 2020 — New Penalties for Identified Deficiencies
On May 8, 2020, CMS published an Interim Rule, one portion of which is focused on new reporting requirements for skilled nursing facilities. The new reporting requirements, effective May
Continue Reading New COVID-19 Reporting Regulations and Requirements for Skilled Nursing Facilities, effective May 8, 2020