Park Place Live, July 29, 2026: In the rule, for FY 2027, CMS finalized updating SNF PPS rates by 2.4 percent based on the final SNF market basket of 3.3 percent, reduced by a 0.9 percent productivity adjustment, for an estimated increase of $882.74 million in aggregate payments to SNFs.

McKnight’s LTC News, July 27, 2026: The agency recently announced it was upping its Quality Measure thresholds, requiring more points to achieve two through five stars compared to standards that have been in place since January 2025.

Park Place Live, July 24, 2026: For skilled nursing facility providers, the announcement from HHS reinforces the need for greater vigilance in claims submission, documentation, and compliance oversight…

McKnight’s Home Care, July 21, 2026: “Every dollar the federal government allows to be lost to fraud, waste and abuse is a dollar stolen from American patients and from the American taxpayer,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during the press conference.

McKnight’s Senior Living, July 20, 2026: The new rule rescinds a Biden-era regulation that DHS said restricted which public benefits the agency could consider in its determinations.

Skilled Nursing News, July 17, 2026: That’s about 6,700 health deficiencies categorized as IJs or actual harm. Most involved isolated incidents rather than widespread problems…

Park Place, July 15: 2026: Issued late on July 14 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the SNF sector’s first reaction was to applaud the proposed rule’s fix of a policy error from last year to equalize SNF physician payments to be the same for both long-stay residents and short-stay patients.

McKnight’s LTC News, July 16, 2026: About 1 in 8 (12%) of nursing homes will qualify for the new risk-based survey initially, officials said. The first will take place Sept. 8, which is the same month the new icon will be initiated.

Skilled Nursing News, July 10, 2026: “We have submitted detailed recommendations on a better way to make the nursing home oversight system more effective and efficient while upholding accountability and transparency…”