The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the addition of five new quality measures to its Five Star Quality Rating System for nursing facilities, effective August…

CMS has issued a proposed rule that would reduce Medicare home health payments by 1% in CY2017 or by $180 million. It also proposes new payment determination measures for 2018…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in their monthly State Operations and Technical Assistance (SOTA) webinars for State Medicaid Agency personnel and the public addressed the topic of…