The nursing home industry is complaining about new facility assessment requirements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) that aim to guide safe staffing decisions. However, CMS provided Critical Element Pathways to all facilities to make it easy to implement the new rules. CMS updated the existing requirements by expanding guidance on data-driven and evidence-based metrics
The Supreme Court removed the broad discretion regulatory agencies possess to set rules for the entities they cover. The elimination of the “Chevron” doctrine will have significant negative implications across the nursing home industry. It may even impact the outcome of specific lawsuits challenging the CMS regulation for nursing home staffing mandates. The majority in
CMS recently implemented new requirements aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in the nursing home industry. Effective as of October 1, 2024, these changes require nursing homes to disclose extensive ownership and management details through the revised Form CMS-855A. This update addresses longstanding concerns about financial exploitation in the industry, particularly through related-party transactions that allow owners to
On December 12, 2022, the US Government Accountability Office issued a report that recommended that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expand all hospice abuse and neglect report requirements. These requirements will be reflected more in nursing homes and hospital reports. All hospice care providers will report all instances of suspected abuse and
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