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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an S&C memo to all providers regarding new guidance for how plans of correction are to be formatted. The following list of required elements must be included for an acceptable Plan of Correction...

Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage update effective 6/21/17

21 Jun 2017

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In March, the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage form and instructions were approved for renewal with the inclusion of language informing beneficiaries of their rights to CMS nondiscrimination practices and how to request the ABN in an alternative format if required. Skilled...

The new long-term care survey process is here

09 Jun 2017

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With November 28, 2017 right around the corner, we had been eagerly awaiting information on the new long-term care survey process. We will provide information on the CMSCG blog in a series of posts to make the information easily digestible, particularly for...

Emergency Preparedness Plan Interpretive Guidance is here

07 Jun 2017

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As if the renumbering of the F-tag list and the update to the LSC K-tags wasn’t enough, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is throwing another set of numbers out there – E-tags. These tags will be related to Emergency...

Nursing Facility Infection Control Requirement – Legionnaires Disease

06 Jun 2017

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a S&C letter for all Medicare certified healthcare facilities regarding its expectation that facilities have water management policies and procedures in place to reduce the risk of growth/spread of Legionella and other opportunistic...

CMS Proposed Revision Requirements for LTC Arbitration Agreements

05 Jun 2017

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Via CMS.gov: FACT SHEET FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2017 Contact: CMS Media Relations (202) 690-6145 | CMS Media Inquiries CMS Issues Proposed Revision Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities’ Arbitration Agreements The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposed...

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CMS issues new guidance for formatting Plans of Correction

Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage update effective 6/21/17

The new long-term care survey process is here

Emergency Preparedness Plan Interpretive Guidance is here

Nursing Facility Infection Control Requirement – Legionnaires Disease

CMS Proposed Revision Requirements for LTC Arbitration Agreements

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