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CMS Modernizes Nursing Home Oversight With Risk Surveys

Policy and Politics - Federal

CMS Changes SNF Surveys With New Risk Surveys

CMS is launching a streamlined review process for higher-performing nursing homes and making them easier for consumers to find on Medicare.gov. A new Quality, Safety, & Oversight memo outlines the risk-based survey process, which helps…

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CMS Reinforces Hospice Regulatory, Fraud Focus

Yesterday, CMS dropped a memo to state survey agencies titled, “Ensuring Consistency in the Hospice Survey Process to Identify Quality of Care Concerns and Potential Fraud Referrals”. The memo is available here: qso-25-06-hospice According to…

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