Enhancing Quality and Oversight in Nursing Homes: CMS’s Latest Revisions (QSO-25-14-NH)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently rolled out significant updates to the Long-Term Care (LTC) surveyor guidance, aiming to elevate the quality and oversight of nursing home care. These changes, detailed in the memorandum QSO-25-14-NH, are set to take effect on April 28, 2025, and promise to bring a host of...
SNF QRP Non-Compliance Letter Response
In the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Final Rule 80 FR (46427 through 46429) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) requirements. Any SNFs found non-compliant according to the quality reporting requirements will receive a letter of non-compliance through the Quality Improvement and Evaluation...
CMS Update: The Patient Driven Payment System
On April 27, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Resident Classification System, version I (RCS-I) was not going to be implemented and proposed legislation to implement another Medicare payment classification system, the Patient Driven Payment System (PDPS), on October 1, 2019. The proposed final rule states that this change was...
