July 1, 2011 Changes to MDS 3.0 Assessment Modification & Formatting Policies & Nursing Home Compare website. The purpose of this CMS memorandum is to...

A summary and suggestions regarding the Office of Inspector General’s Report on billing practices in Skilled Nursing Facilities In December, 2010, the...

Section 1150B of the Social Security Act (the Act), as established by section 6703(b)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010...

Report: OEI-07-08-00150 05-04-2011 For the period January 1 through June 30, 2007, we determined using medical record review that 51 percent of...

Our analysis of criminal history records maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that 92 percent of nursing facilities...