While providers aren’t required to follow OIG recommendations, a compliance program based on their guidance can spare facilities future headaches, since ...

Inconsistent interpretation of federal regulations at the state level, and surveyor subjectivity are gray areas that will make compliance navigation in ...

The Biden administration issued final rules setting minimum staffing levels and national waiting times for medical care in the nation’s 15,000 nursing homes certified for Medicare and Medicaid ...

With agencies dueling to regulate nursing homes, aligning priorities for a strategic compliance program may be more challenging than ever.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is the federal agency charged with enforcing nursing home regulations. (Photo by Getty Images; logo courtesy of CMS) With a Texas court striking down ...

Despite an underwhelming 2.8% Medicare Part A proposed pay raise, nursing home advocates found reason to be encouraged on several other fronts after the fiscal 2026 SNF PPS rule was released late ...

On May 12, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would impose an additional requirement to federal Medicaid regulations in order for non-broad-based and ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is the federal agency charged with enforcing nursing home regulations. (Photo by Getty Images; logo courtesy of CMS) A worker’s union has intervened in ...