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This Week in Washington: House appropriators release FY2025 topline appropriations levels; Senate Finance Committee releases white paper on Medicare physician payment reforms; House...

This Week in Washington: CMS releases SNF minimum staffing standards final rule; Senate HELP Committee chairman requests information on Ozempic and Wegovy pricing; HHS OCR releases...

This Week in Washington: House Energy and Commerce Committee chairmen and ranking members request information on Change Healthcare cyberattack impacts; FDA establishes CDER Center for...

Last week, CMS issued a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 aiming to update Medicare hospice payments and aggregate cap amount in accordance with existing statutory...

Senate HELP Committee Holds Field Hearing on Private Equity. In the hearing, held at the Massachusetts State House, members discussed the impact of private equity ownership on patients,...

On March 29, 2024, CMS published its fiscal year (FY) 2025 prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). Comments are due by 5 pm ET on...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Thursday proposed a 4.1% pay increase for nursing homes in fiscal 2025 but declined to issue an update on its staffing minimum proposal as part of its annual payment rule proposal.

You might notice MDS taking on powerful new responsibilities in 2024. CMS has made it clear: health equity will be a focus moving forward.

I love this time of year. Christmas is on its way. I especially love the holiday movie classics, “A Christmas Story,” “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,”

When I was a kid, I loved getting dressed up for Halloween. I remember especially a clown (funny not scary) costume I got one year. I couldn’t wait to put