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Over the past decade, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has implemented numerous initiatives to expand oversight of the use of antipsychotic medications in nursing facilities (NFs). CMS takes credit for a 38.9% reduction in the use… Read More

Effective April 2019, CMS made changes in the Five Star Quality Rating System of the Nursing Home Compare website that affected all domains of the rating system. This advisory provides a brief description of these changes, how they will directly impa… Read More

This advisory provides a brief overview of proposed revisions to current CMS regulations and their potential effect on various practices and procedure if adopted. The proposed changes would eliminate Medicare regulations identified as unnecessary, ob… Read More

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeks comment on a proposed rule published on July 27, 2018 to update payment policies and rates and quality provisions for services provided under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) begin… Read More

A recent guidance document published by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (“DHCD”)—the “DHCD Matrix”—will allow ALFs classified as Type I-1 (Condition 2) buildings to serve a greater number of non-ambulatory res… Read More

Seeking to remove unnecessary government obstacles to care coordination, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to help identify aspects of the physician self-referral law (Stark Law) that ma… Read More

The passage of Virginia General Assembly House Bill 793 (HB 793) authorized a new option for eligible nurse practitioners to practice without a practice agreement.[1] HB 793 amends Va. Code § 54.1-2957, which governs the licensure and practice of nu… Read More

In a recent memo released to state survey agencies, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) clarifies standards governing texting among health care providers, including both traditional SMS text messaging and messaging through apps desig… Read More