CMS released Change Request (CR) 9201 which corresponds to the payment changes that are part of Medicare’s FY 2016 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting…

On July 16th CMS released an extensive proposed rule regarding the Requirements of Participation for nursing homes. Many of these proposed requirements are already part of the practice of LeadingAge…

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will publish in the Federal Register Thursday a 403-page update of the nursing home code which is being described as the…