Medicare Advantage SNF utilization grew to 47.6% in 2024, with shorter stays and higher occupancy, per Plante Moran's benchmarking report.

Medicare’s Care Compare site did not accurately reflect nursing home deficiencies in two-thirds of listings reviewed by a federal watchdog agency, a finding that implies more than 10,000 health, life ...

CMS recently issued a memo outlining “areas of concern” related to missing or inaccurate patient information when patients are transitioning from hospitals to post-acute care providers. The memo, ...

The proposed staffing minimum exceeds the existing standards in most states. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' newly released proposed rule for minimum staffing standards for the nation's ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Monday that it will begin posting certain nursing home ownership information, as well as aggregated MDS data for all residents at a facility, ...

With President-elect Donald Trump's recent announcement of former surgeon-turned-TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), questions are swirling about ...

Contractors working to modernize a provider enrollment system have been shown the door, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced. Instead, CMS will work with the highly influential ...

A research brief out of think tank Urban Institute evaluates the prospect of reducing Medicare spending by reining in excessive post-acute care rates. Right now, there are different payment structures ...

Medicare Advantage enrollees report using post-acute care services less than traditional Medicare enrollees, a new study found. The study, published in JAMA Health Forum, was conducted by researchers ...