Virtual care proponents are concerned about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services scrapping pandemic-era ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hoping to improve Medicaid enrollees’ access to care through a final rule that better compensates caregiving roles. Under the final rule, at least ...

While the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) at first was expected to provide financial relief for nursing homes and therapy providers, the ...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) has earmarked $50 billion to improve health care offerings in rural communities – and home ...

The White House has finalized a policy mandating home care providers spend at least 80% of Medicaid payments on direct care workers. The mandate is outlined in CMS’ Ensuring Access to Medicaid ...

CMS has launched a Nursing Home Staffing Campaign to address industry-wide workforce shortage concerns as organizations attempt to stop an impending minimum nursing home staffing rule in the courts.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday dropped a pair of surprise memos that will have an immediate effect on one-fifth of all nursing homes’ ratings and give consumers more timely ...

With both Medicaid budgets and Medicare home health reimbursement rates under pressure, home-based care providers are facing intensifying financial ...

Columbia, MD – Provider Partners Health Plans announced today that all its CMS-rated Medicare Advantage plans for 2026 earned an overall 4 Stars or ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services debuted a pair of new web pages Monday morning, aimed at helping nursing homes and state inspection agencies recruit and educate new nurses. The effort is ...

CMS officials pushed back Tuesday on suggestions that their final rule on required staffing ratios in nursing homes would force nursing homes in underserved areas to close and make the current ...

The Social Security Act mandates that all nursing homes participating in the Medicare program—currently more than 14,000—undergo an annual recertification inspection, known as a standard survey, to ...