As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hits reset on an important value-based care initiative popular with health care providers, ...

Following the repeal of the federal nursing home staffing mandate, attorneys general from 18 states along with resident advocate associations are asking ...

Attorneys general in 18 states have asked CMS to reconsider its repeal of the nursing home staffing mandate and to recast a rule focused on for-profit providers.

After being besieged by concerned skilled nursing providers and their national advocacy groups, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week quietly extended a quick-turnaround deadline it ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is offering eligible nursing homes a shot at applying for Financial Incentive Administrator designation as part of its recently announced Nursing Home ...

CMS has released fiscal year 2025 guidance for its State Performance Standards System. The SPSS oversees the performance of the state survey agencies that ensure Medicare and Medicaid providers and ...

Medicaid home visits before heat events are not associated with changes in emergency department visits among older adults during extreme heat, a study shows.

CMS has issued a memo reminding nursing homes to facilitate their residents’ right to vote. Guidance for nursing home administrators is included in the memo. The memo was issued Sept. 26 by the ...

The Biden administration issued final rules setting minimum staffing levels and national waiting times for medical care in the nation’s 15,000 nursing homes certified for Medicare and Medicaid ...

This article was updated on November 6, 2025, with an additional statement from Chris Adamec, the executive director of the Alliance for Connected Care. Since 2020, a temporary policy has allowed ...