As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) strives to improve and expand accountable care organization (ACO) ...

Medicare Part A provides limited coverage for skilled nursing facilities, typically following a hospital stay, and is intended for short-term care. Medicare coverage for skilled nursing includes the ...

Medicare may end a person’s skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage if the care is no longer medically necessary or if they use all their covered days in a benefit period. An SNF is a care facility ...

On April 17, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced another extension of the deadline by which skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) must revalidate their Medicare ...

As a lawyer, I have exclusively represented long-term care healthcare providers for over ten years. I have gained useful insight into how people plan—or, in many cases, fail to plan—for the ...

A coalition of geriatricians and nursing home advocacy groups is raising “serious concern” about a new policy that pays ...

Dear Toni: My mother had to go into the hospital this week with a urinary tract infection and pneumonia, then she slipped and bumped her head. No concussion, but she is very weak, so we are asking ...

MedPAC Friday recommended a 3% cut to Medicare base payments made to skilled nursing facilities in 2024. The recommendations came on the second day of the advisory group’s December meeting, with staff ...

Don't pay more for Medicare than you need to by avoiding these 6 common mistakes. Not only can you save money, but you can ...

Dear Toni: My husband recently fell from a ladder, shattered his hip and broke his right leg. After having emergency surgery, Jim is staying in a skilled nursing facility for his rehabilitation to ...

Medicare provides coverage for care required at a skilled nursing facility (SNF). The coverage is available for a set amount of time, and rules apply. If a person is ready to leave the hospital but ...