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Home Health Care Policies: CMS Announces Changes Affecting Long-Term Care Facilities
CMS finalizes improvements in care, safety, and consumer protections for long-term care facility residentsRevisions mark first major rewrite of the conditions of participation for long-term care facilities since 1991
Home Health Care Policies: How Well Did Medicare ACOs Perform in 2015?
Medicare Accountable Care Organizations: 2015 Performance Year Quality and Financial Results
Home Health Care Policies - On Sep 26, 2016, The CMS released the 2015 quality and financial performance results for Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) that show that ACOs continue...
Home Health Care Policies: New Emergency Preparedness Rules for Medicare Facilities
CMS finalizes rule to bolster emergency preparedness of certain facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid
Home Health Care Policies - Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule to establish consistent emergency preparedness requirements for...
Home Health Care Policies: Five Star Changes to Nursing Home Compare
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Home Health Care Policies: Five Star Changes to Nursing Home Compare
Nursing Home Compare is a user-friendly web tool found at https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html that provides information on how well Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes...
Home Health Care Policies: DME in Non-Competitively Bid Areas Examined
Monitoring Data Shows Adequacy of New Payment Amounts for DMEPOS in Non-Competitively Bid Areas Results Suggest No Negative Impact on Beneficiary Access in Urban and Rural Areas
Home Health Care Policies: Fire Safety Requirements for Facilities Published
Home Health Care Policies: CMS Publishes Final Rule on Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Health Care Facilities
Home Health Care Policies: Consumers can soon search plans by preferred health providers
Home Health Care Policies: HealthCare.gov Pilots New Doctor Lookup Feature
