As many of you know, CMS released the Proposed FY 2018 payment rule (https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-05-04/pdf/2017-08521.pdf). Within this proposed rule, the agency opened the door for comments related to the three bulleted…

CMS has posted a new Survey & Certification letter setting forth its expectations regarding efforts by healthcare facilities, including nursing facilities, to prevent the development of Legionnaires’ Disease in their…

Under the guise of reform, fundamental changes in the financing and structure of the Medicaid program have been proposed that would convert it into a system of per capita funding…