CMS Compliance Group Long Term Care Industry News Recap (Week of 8/26/13)
Are you ready for the long weekend? We are! Before you head out of the office, check out some of the most... Read More
CMS Clarifies Payments with “Two Midnight Rule” for Hospital Admissions
Earlier in August, CMS published a final rule on hospital inpatient admissions (among other items), providing clarity on how payments will be... Read More
MDS 3.0 Discharge Assessments Must be Completed by September 30, 2013
In a S&C letter dated August 23, 2013, “Minimum Data Set (MDS 3.0) Discharge Assessments that Have Not Been Completed and/or Submitted”... Read More
Long Term Care Industry News Recap (Week of August 19, 2013)
Happy Friday! Here are some interesting post-acute and long term care industry news articles that should be on your radar: Arts and... Read More
CMS Issues Final Minimum Data Set (MDS) Documents to Become Effective October 1, 2013
Please be advised: On August 15, 2013 CMS noted that a new version of the data submission specs (V1.13.2) and a new... Read More
CMS Maintains 8/13 Deadline for Installation of Nursing Home Automatic Sprinkler Systems
CMS issued a S&C letter dated August 16, 2013, “August 13, 2013 Deadline – Installation of Automatic Sprinkler System in Nursing Homes,”... Read More
CMS Updates to Quality Indicator Survey Materials (Summer 2013)
Earlier this year, CMS recently began hosting the documentation for the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) on its website, whereas it had previously... Read More
Long Term Care Industry News Recap (Week of August 12, 2013)
Happy Friday! Check out these articles affecting the post-acute and long term care industry in case you missed them: U.S. Sues PharMerica... Read More
New York State Electronic Plan of Correction Training Materials
The NYSDOH has provided training materials on how to submit electronic plans of correction (ePOC). The ePOC went into effect on August... Read More
Notification of Facility Closure: Revisions to Tags F203 & F204 and Issuance of New Tags F523 and F524 in SOM Appendix PP
In an S&C letter dated August 2, 2013, CMS issued revisions to F-tags F203 and F204, and created new F-tags, F523 and... Read More
CMSCG Weekly Healthcare News Recap (Week of July 29, 2013)
TGIF! Welcome to the first week in August . . . already. If you were out enjoying the summer weather or on... Read More