Relias

MAY 29, 2025

million Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S. Wound care providers are entering a new compliance landscape, which will impact 10.5 with chronic wounds.

Medicare

Health Leaders | Nursing

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The requirements would be phased in, starting in May 2026. billion a year, a 2% increase in expenses, though the changes do not include increases in federal Medicare or Medicaid payments. Four in 5 homes would have to increase staffing. Staffing is everything in terms of nursing-home quality," said R.

Long Term Care

Capitol Beat

JULY 31, 2025

Notably, this RFI from HHS is not the first health-related deregulatory RFI of this Administration—in May, ANA responded to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) RFI on deregulation. This signals that the deregulation efforts will remain a key priority for the Administration.

Medicare

American Nurse

JULY 9, 2025

Medicare expects beneficiaries or caregivers to perform routine foot care (nail trimming and shaving, paring, cutting, and removal of calluses [keratoma and tyloma] and corns [heloma]), so it’s excluded from coverage. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website lists codes that indicate medical necessity.

Medicare

Relias

MAY 16, 2025

Over a decade ago, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) focused on reducing 30-day readmissions for high-volume, high-cost conditions like heart failure, pneumonia, and total joint replacements. However, HRRP was often criticized for being narrow in scope.

Self-Care

Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 14, 2022

In support of these goals, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), acting under the direction of the Department of Health and Human Services, issued a proposed rule in the federal register in April titled Fiscal Year 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule).

Long Term Care