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 ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), Center for Clinical Standards and Quality recently announced upcoming changes to skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) profiles on the Medicare Care ...

Updates to a 20-year-old data-reporting system critical to nursing home compliance efforts will be delayed at least four months, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Friday. Federal ...

As of March 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has officially repealed federal minimum staffing requirements, handing the reins of staffing enforcement to state agencies and a ...

CMS has released “significant revisions” to its nursing home surveyor guidance, including requirements for COVID-19 vaccine education, opioid and psychotropic prescribing, and medical director ...

CMS updated guidance Jan. 30 that will change the way investigations and enforcement of noncompliant nursing homes and similar facilities are handled. The updates will take effect March 30. Here are ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has for the first time revealed key facts about its shorter survey option for select, “higher quality” nursing homes, including how many state survey ...

Skilled nursing facilities will get a 3.2% bump per the final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday. For fiscal year 2026, CMS is making the update to the Skilled ...

CMS informed states on Nov. 5 that resources for initial surveys would be severely limited. In a memo CMS stated that new providers and suppliers would be to be given the lowest priority — and that ...