“CMS Mulls Ways to Address Improper Skilled Nursing Discharges,” by Tim Regan, Skilled Nursing News

“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new initiative aimed at blunting the growing trend of improper discharges at skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Across the country, the illegal ‘dumping,’ or eviction, of SNF residents has become a widespread issue—so much so that it’s now one of the most frequent complaints made to states’ long-term care ombudsman programs, CMS said in a Dec. 22 memo addressed to state survey agency directors.”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

Pay nursing homes less than the cost of providing the care. Then regulate, investigate and litigate to stop them from responding in the only way they can survive financially. Not exactly a recipe for success.

CMS Mulls Ways to Address Improper Skilled Nursing Discharges

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