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

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The end of the PHE has a significant impact on skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) as it ends the remaining regulatory blanket waivers, revisits resident Medicaid eligibility and changes many COVID regulations that were issued during the PHE. In 2020, CMS revised the nursing home infection control regulations at 42 CFR § 483.80

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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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Health Provider News

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million in federal funding Dignity Health – Memorial Hospital awarded Primary Heart Attack Center Certification Kaiser trash inspections end in $49M settlement L.A. million in federal funding Dignity Health – Memorial Hospital awarded Primary Heart Attack Center Certification Kaiser trash inspections end in $49M settlement L.A.

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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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Children’s National Hospital taps Clearway to deliver $2.8M Children’s National Hospital taps Clearway to deliver $2.8M

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Health Provider News

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NATIONAL 6 health systems using GPT and AI tools 100,000 nurses left industry during the pandemic, report finds AHA backs bill to delay Medicaid DSH cuts by 2 years AHA launches info hub for healthcare quality leaders AHA opposes MedPAC recommendations to Congress on site-neutral, Part B drug, wage index policies AHA ramps up 340B protection efforts (..)