Staffing Data Submission Reminder: Submit by February 14, 2017
Via CMS.gov: Staffing Data Submission Reminder: As of July 1, 2016, electronic submission of staffing data through the Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) is... Read More
CMS final Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies
The unpublished Federal Register version of the final rule Medicare and Medicaid Program: Conditions of Participation for Home Health Agencies provides updates... Read More
Happy Holidays from CMS Compliance Group!
Happy Holidays from the CMS Compliance Group team! Wishing you all the very best for the coming year!
CMS Civil Monetary Penalty Reinvestment Webpage
CMS issued a S&C memo providing information on the new webpage that it has created regarding Civil Monetary Penalty fund reinvestment support... Read More
CMS 2017 Update on Infection Control Pilot
CMS provided an update on its infection control pilot program in a November 18, 2016 S&C memo. The pilot program, which CMS... Read More
CMS S&C: FY 2015 MDS Focused Survey Summary
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a new S&C letter on November 4, 2016 providing an overview of the results... Read More
Advance Copy – Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PP-Revised Regulations and Tags
A new CMS S&C memo has been issued that provides an advanced copy of revisions to the State Operations Manual Appendix PP.... Read More
DNS/DSW Role in Preventing Resident-Resident Altercations
CMS Compliance Group President Linda Elizaitis will be speaking at LeadingAge New York’s 2016 Annual DNS/DSW Conference. Session Topic: The DNS/DSW Role... Read More
CMS S&C memo: Emergency Preparedness Regulation Implementation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided information on the implementation requirements for Emergency Preparedness for the seventeen provider types... Read More
Final Rule – Requirements of Participation for LTC facilities Links
Here are some links that pertain to the newly issued Final Rule for Long Term Care Facility Requirements of Participation: Notification of... Read More