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On November 5, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a sweeping proposed rule aimed at reducing administrative requirements across Medicare- and Medicaid-participating providers. The proposed Cutting Administrative Requirements for Excellence in Patient Care (“CARE”) rule would revise numerous Conditions of Participation and Requirements for Participation. For skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”),... READ MORE

On December 31, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a memo titled “Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Acute Respiratory Illness Reporting Requirements” (“Memo”) to state survey agency directors providing survey guidance related to requirements for long-term care reporting through the National Healthcare Safety Network (“NHSN”) as COVID-19 data reporting requirements ended... READ MORE

On May 31, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a final rule (“Final Rule”) that withdraws the COVID vaccine requirement for health care workers of Medicare-certified and Medicaid-certified long-term care facilities (“LTC Facilities”). The Final Rule follows through on the May 1, 2023 memorandum released by the Quality, Safety &... READ MORE