CMS Changes SNF Surveys With New Risk Surveys
CMS modernizes nursing home oversight with new risk-based survey approach, shifting federal scrutiny toward facilities where resident harm is most likely.
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Post Acute Care Compliance Checklist for 2026
Use this post acute care compliance checklist to align governance, billing, quality, referrals, privacy, and audit readiness across your organization.
SNF Survey and Certification Update
When the 2025 Final SNF PPS Rule was released, the focus was on Medicare rate increases. This is typically known as the “headline”. But as readers and followers here know, there is always a regulatory tidbit or two that can be even more significant in terms of operations, particularly as more and more Medicare patient … Read more
Hospice Special Focus, IDR, and Quality Reporting Program – 2024
Somewhat buried within the Home Health Final Rule (PPS) was an update on a CMS initiative to identify hospice agencies requiring additional regulatory oversight for poor care performance (poor quality, unsafe care practices). Back in 2021, CMS began the Special Focus initiative and in the 2024 Hospice Final Rule, CMS indicated that the recommendations for … Read more
Senators Seek Survey Accountability for SNFs
Last Thursday, Senators Bob Casey (Pennsylvania), Ron Wyden (Oregon), and Chucky Grassley (Iowa) sent a letter to CMS asking that the agency “take immediate steps to strengthen the nursing home oversight system”. Their letter is a follow-up to a report from the Senate Committee on Aging, chaired by Casey, detailing a myriad of problems with … Read more