Announced on 06/29/2026 | Last Modified on 06/29/2026 | Project Number: OEI-02-23-00202 Status Active Agency Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services OBJECTIVE The overuse of antipsychotic drugs presents a risk to nursing home residents, particularly those with dementia. These drugs are not approved to treat dementia, and the Food and Drug Administration has warned that …
Transmittal # R244SOMA Issue Date 2026-06-26 Subject Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Chapter 7 Implementation Date r2026-06-26 CR # N/A Publication # 100-07 Transmittal Year 2026 Downloads I. SUMMARY OF CHANGES: CMS updated and revised guidance in chapter 7 of the SOM that includes: CMS also added guidance previously found in Appendix …
Report number: A-09-24-02005 Report Materials Why OIG Did This Audit What OIG Found Not all nursing homes’ RN staffing hours reported in CMS’s PBJ were supported in accordance with Federal requirements. On the basis of our sample results, we estimated for our sampling frame that for March 2024 nursing homes …
New Online Toolkit Helps Clinicians Put Food is Medicine into Practice Resource offers practical guidance for all aspects of integrating nutrition-based care into health systems Press release: Newswise — A new online resource aims to help health care providers turn a growing body of research on nutrition and health into effective care for …
The June 2026 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the FY 2027 SNF VBP Program are now available for download via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES). These reports provide SNFs their facility-level measure results for all eight quality measures during their FY 2027 SNF VBP Program performance period: Note: …
From https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality/nursing-home-improvement/value-based-purchasing From https://www.cms.gov/medicare/quality/nursing-home-improvement/value-based-purchasing/scoring-methodology-payment-adjustment
The June 2026 Quarterly Confidential Feedback Reports for the FY 2027 SNF VBP Program are now available for download via the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES). These reports provide SNFs their facility-level measure results for all eight quality measures during their FY 2027 SNF VBP Program performance period: Note: …
From MLN Connects eNews: CMS will relaunch the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) in the coming months for all Medicare facility types, including hospitals, post-acute care providers, and specialty facilities. PEPPER is a free tool that helps you review your Medicare billing data so you can identify …
Transmittal # R242SOMA Issue Date 2026-05-29 Subject Revisions to the State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 9 Exhibits. I. SUMMARY OF CHANGES: CMS is revising Chapter 9 of the SOM to remove many model letters or links to exhibits no longer used for program operation. For Forms used for program operation, the download area …
Written by Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, Chief Nursing Officer, AAPACN Lessons from My Backyard: Thrive. Evolve. Lead. As the Chief Nursing Officer at AAPACN, I spend much of my time thinking about nurses. How to support them, how to help them grow, and how to strengthen …
