CMS aid Thursday it will relaunch PEPPER reports for all provider types in “coming months,” restoring an important tool many nursing homes use for internal compliance and auditing purposes.

Nursing homes have forced Medicare to realign its spending on patients with higher medical complexity, including those with a primary diagnosis of congestive heart failure, Alzheimer’s disease and ...

2025 SEP 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News-- Investigators publish new report on Managed Care. According to news reporting out of Providence, Rhode Island, by ...

In what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today described as a “parity adjustment recalibration,” the agency said it will increase payments to skilled nursing facilities by 4%, or ...

The patient-driven payment model (PDPM) has revolutionized health care for providers and their patients. These systems heighten treatment accuracy and ensure clients receive accurate billing for their ...

Medicare’s Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) significantly altered the way skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are paid, removing the financial incentive to maximize the volume of therapy services ...

On August 4, 2025, CMS issued a final rule (Final Rule) updating payment rates, policies, and quality programs for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) under the Medicare Prospective Payment System (SNF ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the proposed rule on April 11, 2025, for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) fiscal year (FY) 2026 update (the ...

In a recent press release, Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), a leading healthcare interventional analytics software company for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), post-acute care providers, ...