Healthcare Finance, Sept. 8, 2026: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun implementing a new inspection process that will give certain higher-performing nursing homes shorter, more focused recertification surveys…

Skilled Nursing News, Sept. 4, 2026: The agency ultimately seeks to strike a balance between beneficiaries’ diverse needs in SNPs while also creating consistent quality standards and measurements even as enrollment continues to grow.

McKnight’s LTC News, Sept. 2, 2026: Changes would make it easier for regulators to remove skilled nursing providers from the Medicare program — even based on operating in a “high-risk” area — and extend the period for which CMS can claw back fraudulent payments.