Next year is bringing many changes to the regulatory landscape for skilled nursing. With new payment rules, coding changes ...

The skilled nursing sector experienced a turbulent and transformative 2025, shaped by sweeping deregulation efforts, ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is again postponing skilled nursing facilities’ mandatory off-cycle revalidation deadline — this time indefinitely, according to sources.

The study also reported that interventions using a multifocal approach with evidence-based strategies to address clinical, ...

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The repeal of key provisions in the minimum staffing rule marked the expected-but-nonetheless welcome end of a years-long regulatory drama.

After an unexpected fall led to spinal cord injury, maybe your 65-year-old father hoped he'd be back to his routine in no time. His doctor, however, says it's not safe for him to discharge home.

Between 2022 and 2023, the national average earnings and profitabilities of skilled nursing facilities in the U.S. increased as length of stays decreased, according to a new Jan. 30 report. Consulting ...

Skilled nursing facilities, often called nursing homes, are medical facilities where patients live and receive specialized care around the clock. Unlike hospitals and critical care facilities that ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 2 repealed the minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid that the agency adopted in 2024.

Medical needs are constantly changing for Medicare-eligible individuals. Sometimes care requires a simple doctor’s visit. Other times an individual may need to be rushed to the hospital with the ...