Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) historically have been required to disclose ownership and managerial control information as part of their Medicare enrollment. However, these requirements were ...

Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have long been required to report ownership and managerial control information to Medicare. Those disclosure obligations have been substantially broadened with the ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in July they will be changing the way they evaluate skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), now focusing on four measures instead of one. Since ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a final rule updating Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective ...

Quick ReadMedicare's SNF benefit period resets only after 60 consecutive days without inpatient or skilled care, not simply ...

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 ...

Medicare's SNF coverage ends at day 100, exposing families to $9,000 monthly private-pay nursing costs that Medigap cannot extend. Hospital observation stays, though they look identical to inpatient ...

CMS has released the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS), proposing a payment rate increase, revisions to nursing home enforcement authority, and updates to the quality ...

CMS has proposed Medicare payment updates for four types of provider organizations, including skilled nursing facilities. On April 2, the federal agency released four proposed payment rules for ...

A retrospective analysis of 30-day risk-adjusted readmission rates among skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) between 2017 and 2022 compared those that had implemented an interventional analytics ...