The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated two key timelines for public reporting changes that will affect nursing homes, including delaying a new quality measure calculation. While most ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday announced it is making major changes to its Care Compare site, including the elimination of old, third-cycle inspection results from its ...

CMS will begin publishing skilled nursing facility ownership data to its consumer-facing Care Compare website starting July 30. CMS has published ownership information, including performance measures ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week released a major overhaul to the 5-star rating program for Nursing Home Compare that has resulted in an estimated 37 percent of skilled nursing ...

Medicaid managed care plans and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will be subject to new wait time standards and quality ratings requirements, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...

Higher Medicaid payment rates are associated with a greater likelihood of receiving 4- or 5-star Care Compare ratings, according to a new study published ...

Historic funding cuts to Medicaid in the federal budget bill are set to take effect this fall, fundamentally shifting the U.S. health care system. Meanwhile, a new study finds that the quality of ...