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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has announced the nationwide implementation of a new Risk-Based Survey (“RBS”) process for qualifying nursing homes beginning September 8, 2026. CMS Memorandum QSO-26-14-NH explains that the RBS is intended to allow State Survey Agencies (“SAs”) to use fewer survey resources at higher-performing facilities and redirect resources... READ MORE

In 2022, the Biden administration announced an initiative to increase the transparency of corporate and private equity ownership and operation of nursing homes. Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that it would include ownership and operatorship affiliation information on its Nursing Home Care Compare website and that it would publish... READ MORE