The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is again postponing skilled nursing facilities’ mandatory off-cycle revalidation deadline — this time indefinitely, according to sources.
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When they are done on an outpatient basis, the very same procedures won’t come with a possible three-day stay needed to trigger coverage of skilled nursing care.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is set to indefinitely suspend its mandatory off-cycle skilled nursing facility provider enrollment ...