CMS: Nursing homes to get 1.7% Medicare payment increase
Jul 19, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late Friday posted payment updates for skilled nursing and inpatient rehabilitation facilities’ prospective payment systems for fiscal 2011. Nursing homes...
Five-Star ratings system hotline re-opens; updated facility ratings go public Thursday
Jul 17, 2009
The Five-Star Quality Ratings hotline has re-opened and will remain operational until July 30, federal healthcare regulators say. Directors at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said they are...