Following a couple of delays, the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized rules as of May 20, 2017 governing Episodic Payment Models for certain cardiac conditions, implementation…

CMS posted the first SNF-QRP User’s Guide. This guide explains how the SNF-QRP measures are calculated, both MDS- and claims-based measures. It shows the calculator fields for the MDS-based measures…

Tuesday, June 13th, LeadingAge received notice that based on advocacy efforts of LeadingAge and others that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted an extension for the…