The skilled nursing sector is entering 2026 on firmer footing than a year ago. At that time, a new presidential ...

Although hospice surveyors’ primary job is to determine compliance with Medicare Conditions of Participation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services now is asking them to also be on the lookout ...

The American Hospital Association has criticized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule, saying the increase for ...

Under a final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, hospital outpatient facilities and ambulatory surgical centers will get a 2.9% Medicare pay increase next year, up from the ...

To protect themselves against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ compliance enforcement mechanisms, home care providers must focus on quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI) ...

Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) programs have been ubiquitous in the home health space for the past few years, but in light of the nationwide expansion of the Home Health ...

Nursing home providers will soon be required to implement a Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program as proscribed by Section 6102(c) of the Affordable Care Act. Although the ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will soon be rolling out early prototypes of tools and resources in response to a requirement under the Affordable Care Act to establish Quality ...

While most people think glycemic management is only a concern for people living with diabetes, in the inpatient setting there’s a lot more nuance: over one third of hospitalized patients experience ...