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Legislative and Regulatory Updates and Resources

The following important legislative and regulatory information from Washington DC will be updated regularly and as information becomes available

 

MedPAC Calls For 5% in Skilled Nursing Cuts- December 13, 2021
OIG Advisory Opinion Regarding Creating a Joint Venture with a Therapy Company, November 22, 2021
CMS finalizes therapy pay cuts in 2022 Physician Pay Rule, and extends COVID reporting period, Nov 2, 2021
Decline in therapy, higher pay rates could justify recalibration of PDPM, October 7, 2021
Now-open portal provides path to additional Provider Relief Funds- October 1, 2021
CMS Unveils New Tool For Public To Compare Nursing Home Vaccination Rates, September 21, 2021
Interactive Map of The COVID-19 Nursing Home Data, September 21, 2021
CMS Strives to Separate PDPM Impact from Pandemic, Cites Metrics Changes, September 16, 2021
Interface Rehab to Pay $2 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations- July 23, 2021
$8.4M worth of upcoding settlements for therapy companies Select Medical and Encore- July 6, 2021
PDPM Year 2: How to Evaluate Contract Therapy Providers - June 18, 2021
Providers tell CMS it’s ‘decidedly’ the wrong time to toy with PDPM rates- June 3, 2021
Nursing Homes Must Expect 3-Day Rule, Other CMS Requirements Will Return- May 26, 2021
CMS Requires Nursing Homes to Report Staff and Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Status - May 11, 2021
Speech Therapy Scrutiny and Isolation Examination: What SNFs Should Expect As CMS Mulls PDPM Changes - April 27, 2021
SNF payments could drop by $12 per patient day under potential PDPM recalibration- April 13, 2021
CMS Proposes $444M Medicare Boost for Nursing Homes, Calls Out ‘Unintended’ $1.7B PDPM Gain- April 8, 2021
CMS Begins Recovering More Than $100B in Accelerated and Advance Medicare Payments, April 2, 2021
Repayment of COVID-19 Accelerated and Advance Payments Began on March 30, 2021
Oversight Subcommittee hearing On Examining Private Equity's Expanded Role in The US Health Care System - March 25, 2021
MedPAC: Freeze Medicare Raises for Nursing Homes in ’22, But ‘Proceed Cautiously’ on Recommending Cuts- March 17, 2021
Text of MedPAC Recommendations For Skilled Nursing Facility Services For Fiscal Year 2022
CMS Updates Nursing Home Guidance with Revised Visitation Recommendations- March 10, 2021
Therapy Staffing Dropped Up to 10% at Nursing Homes in Wake of PDPM - March 1, 2021
Nursing Home Bed Prices Stay Stable as Federal Aid Staves Off Distress - February 21, 2021
Nursing Home Industry Projects $34B in Revenue Losses, 1,800 Closures or Mergers Due to COVID - February 10, 2021
Despite Hands-Off Approach from CMS, PDPM Pitfalls Remain for Nursing Home Operators, Investors - February 5, 2021
Combating Medicaid Fraud and Elder Abuse: A Surprise Inspection Program Known as Operation SAFE - February 1, 2021
Regulatory Reform, Quality of Life: The Top Nursing Home Trends of 2021- January 11, 2021
As Some Senators Decry ‘Worsening Crisis’ in Nursing Homes, New Stimulus Plan Includes Liability Shield- December 15, 2020
HHS Awards $523 Million in Second Round of Value-Based COVID Relief for Nursing Homes - Dec 7, 2020
CMS Finalizes ‘shocking’ 9% Therapy Cuts, While Affirming Vast Expansion of Telehealth Pay Provisions- December 1, 2020
CDC Votes to Prioritize Nursing Home Residents, Health Care Workers for COVID Vaccine - December 1, 2020
Nursing home residents could start receiving COVID vaccines in about 2 weeks- November 25, 2020
Feds Look to Expand Special Focus Facility List of Poor-Performing SNFs, Create New Ranking System - November 18, 2020
CMS Releases Nursing Home COVID-19 Training Data with Urgent Call to Action- November 17, 2020
HHS to Ramp Up Point-of-Care COVID Test Distribution in Hotspots - November 10, 2020
HHS Relaxes Rules for Using Provider Relief Funds to Cover Lost Revenue- October 26, 2020
CMS ‘Quiet’ on PDPM-Related Enforcement Even as Rates Rise, But Managed Care More Prone to Denials- October 23, 2020
Budget Neutrality Letter to Congress- October 19, 2020
CMS Clarifies Quality Reporting Rules After COVID Pause, Nursing Home Compare Frozen Until ’22- October 9, 2020
Medicare Cuts to Physician and Therapy Services- October 6, 2020
Nursing Home Visitation Guidance- September 17, 2020
County-Level List Of Community Infection Rates For COVID-19, September 8, 2020
National Training Program to Strengthen Nursing Home Infection Control Practices - August 25, 2020
CMS To Resume Routine SNF Inspections - August 17, 2020
Medicare Payment Cuts Fact Sheet - August 11, 2020
CMS Proposes 9% Cut to Medicare Therapy Rates - August 6, 2020
The List of First 600 SNFs To Receive Point of Care COVID-19 Testing Devices - July 27, 2020
The Administration Announces New Resources to Protect Nursing Home Residents Against COVID- July 22, 2020
Emergency Support For Nursing Homes and Elder Justice Reform Act of 2020- July 6, 2020
Five Things About Nursing Homes During COVID-19, A 4-Minute Video Message By Seema Verma- July 9, 2020
CMS Announces Plans to End the Blanket Waiver Requiring Nursing Homes to Submit Staffing Data- June 25, 2020
More information about Medicare coverage of COVID-19 tests - June 19, 2020
Memo to Medicare Advantage plans regarding Medicare coverage of COVID-19 testing
Medicare Learning Network article regarding Medicare coverage of COVID-19 Testing for SNF Residents & Patients
HHS Announces Nearly $4.9 Billion Distribution to Nursing Facilities Impacted by COVID-19, May 22, 2020
Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials - May 18, 2020
Toolkit on State Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 Prevalence in Nursing Home- May 13, 2020
FEMA to send PPE to Nursing Homes - April 30, 2020
Nursing Home Five Star Quality Rating System updates, April 27, 2020
National Governors Association (NGA): "Roadmap to Recovery"- April 23, 2020
Latest COVID-19 Workforce Virtual Toolkit- April 22, 2020
Paycheck Protection Program Increase Act of 2020 Section-by-Section April 21, 2020
FY 2021 PPS & Consolidated Billing for SNFs (Proposed Rules)
Transferring or Discharging Patients between SNFs based on their COVID-19 Results- April 14, 2020
Interim Emergency COVID-19 Relief Act Summary- April 9, 2020
A call with CMS Administrator Seema Verma, Deborah Birx, MD, White House Coronavirus Task Force, and officials from the FDA, CDC, and FEMA on COVID-19 Flexibilities (AUDIO)
CMS Waivers and COVID-19 Reponse- April 2020
New Paid Sick leave and Expanded Family and Medical Leave- April 2020
List of Covered Telehealth Services - March 2020
Accelerated and Advanced Payments Facts Sheet - March 2020
Coronavirus Small Business Loan Guide and Checklist
Payroll Protection Provisions in CARES Act
CARES Act, Section By Section - March 25, 2020

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