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Nursing Home Update: CMS Unwinds Vaccine Mandate and More Regulations as Public Health Emergency End Nears

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For this alert, “nursing homes” refers to skilled nursing facilities (often known as “SNFs”). In 2020, CMS revised the nursing home infection control regulations at 42 CFR § 483.80 Additionally, this information is now publicly available on CMS’s COVID Nursing Home Data Website.

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$900 Million Increase in Medicare Part A Payments One of Many Medicare Changes for SNFs in FY 2023

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On July 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and enacts changes to the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program beginning in FY 2023. Staffing Levels.

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Key Areas of Focus for Skilled Nursing Facilities as the Public Health Emergency Ends

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Blanket Waivers During the PHE, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued many versions and revisions to its memorandum entitled “COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers” that announced blanket waivers for providers, including SNFs. When the PHE ends, the hotlines will be shut down.

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Health Provider News

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NATIONAL 988 suicide hotline adds support for American Sign Language 3 Takeaways from Physician Compensation Trends Adventist Health completes merger with Montebello’s ailing Beverly Hospital AHA-supported bill to protect health care workers introduced in Senate AHA weighs in on CMS’ proposed ASC payment system AHA submits comments on CY 2024 (..)

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Health Provider News

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1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% 1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% News Ranking DC DC-area hospitals ranked among best in the nation DC Health releases results of investigation into nursing home after 7News story about medication errors Inova Fairfax tops new U.S.

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Health Provider News

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Luke’s recognized for quality maternity care Regents approve bylaws, renaming of Mercy as University of Iowa Health Care transition nears UI Hospitals and Clinics completes 10,000 robot-assisted surgeries UI Health Care to assume operations at Mercy IC Jan.

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into cutting opioids in hospitals ISU and University of Utah partnership aims to combat Idaho’s mental health crisis Presbyterian-UnityPoint merger moves forward St.