CMS finalizes payment model changes for home health services
Despite the home health industry concerns, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) planned to start...
DOH seeking proposals to expand long term care capacity
The South Dakota Department of Health (DOH) has identified a need for additional long term care nursing facility capacity in South Dakota. In response...
CMS adds quality measures to Nursing Home Compare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin posting quality data from the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program on Nursing Home...
LeadingAge launches Center for Managed Care Solutions and Innovations
To help members better understand alternative payment models, LeadingAge has launched a new website resource to help address concerns, as well as enable members...
New skilled nursing facility cost comparison report available
CliftonLarsonAllen, a LeadingAge partner, analyzed data from 2017 and found that nursing homes with the best financial performance averaged operating margins of 5 percent,...
Selby forms nonprofit to save local nursing home
The residents of Selby in north central South Dakota have formed a nonprofit organization in an attempt to buy the Good Samaritan Center nursing...
Regulatory update: Medicare claims hold FY 2019 IPPS and LTCH
The Oct. 2 Federal Register contained a correction to the final inpatient and long term acute prospective payment rules for fiscal year 2019. The...
CMS announces initiative to improve Medicare customer experience
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the eMedicare Initiative to help Medicare beneficiaries compare coverage options and estimate costs during open...
LeadingAge advises HHS on post-acute payment system
LeadingAge participated Sep. 24 as a technical expert on a panel providing input to the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) on developing...
Recorded webinar covering changes to Minimum Data Set now available
LeadingAge members and non-members can purchase a recorded webinar which highlights the additions, deletions and changes to the Minimum Data Set (MDS) and Resident...
