Category: CMS Emergency Rule

McKnight’s reports that CMS announced a proposed package of changes to its programs Monday, which it hopes will lift some of […]

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Scientific American reported some positive news last week from the front lines of the heroin crisis: Half as many people […]

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If you run a hospital or an assisted living facility in the path of a major storm, how do you […]

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McKnight’s Long Term Care writer Marty Stempniak reports today that nearly a year after Hurricane Irma slammed the state of Florida, […]

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The Sunday New York Times Magazine featured an in-depth story by Sheri Fink detailing how communication failures cause fatal delays […]

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If you share our concern that Ebola could once again take center stage in the story of global pandemics, you’ll […]

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A federal government watchdog is launching an investigation into enforcement of nursing home staffing standards in the wake of a […]

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Ascension Health wants patients to know how easily its primary care offerings can fit into their busy day-to-day lives. Johns Hopkins Medicine […]

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Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, the ranking leader of the Senate Finance Committee, is still awaiting a response to an August […]

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated data on its Hospice Compare website earlier this month—and all quality […]

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