Category: CMS Emergency Rule

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) terminated its Medicare contract with the Campbessville, Ky. facility.   Read more […]

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An Oklahoma nursing home is reviewing its security procedures after thieves targeted it twice in a month to steal narcotics. […]

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Work requirement programs have become a centerpiece of the Trump administration’s plans for Medicaid, but two Democratic lawmakers are urging […]

Read More… from Democratic lawmakers say HHS and CMS Medicaid work requirements could force families off coverage

McKnight’s guest columnist Alan C. Horowitz says honesty remains the best policy. Long-term care facilities are not immune from the […]

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This ASPR TRACIE resource highlights best practices and issues related to planning for, activating, and operating hospital or healthcare facility Family […]

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Being purists, the CDC is not calling the current upswing in measles cases an “outbreak”—defined as three cases in an area […]

Read More… from Outbreak Or Not, Measles Is A Growing Threat Globally

Despite the fact that the highly contagious disease is vaccine preventable, measles infections continue to spring up throughout the United […]

Read More… from CDC Reports Over 100 Cases of Measles Across 21 States

Medicare overpaid hospitals nationwide as much as $25.8 million for an advanced mode radiation therapy used to treat difficult-to-reach tumors, according to a […]

Read More… from OIG: Medicare overpaid hospitals by as much as $21.5M due to bundled payments

CMS has placed the Indian Health Service hospital on the Rosebud (S.D.) Sioux Indian Reservation on “immediate jeopardy” status and […]

Read More… from CMS survey reveals serious deficiencies at South Dakota hospital

Global Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Market Research Report 2018 to 2025 presents an in-depth assessment of the Pandemic Influenza Vaccine including enabling […]

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