The assumption is that all the accrediting organizations and CMS will be looking more deeply at Emergency Management standards starting this November. On Sept. 16, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a memo that explains the new training requirements for skilled nursing facilities imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released to the public on Dec. 5, 2022, new training materials (Training Materials) on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) ...

During the recent skilled nursing facility (SNF) Open Door Forum, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) eased some providers' concerns about preparing for the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 ...

CMS Administrator Seema Verma at a July press conference. An infection control training program aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes is now available for frontline facility ...