The Medicare program will continue during the current government shutdown, but other activities, such as policy and rulemaking, may not continue, according to a contingency plan posted to the Centers ...

CMS said it will continue to conduct some nursing home complaint investigations and revisits during the federal government shutdown.

CMS has announced the agency activities that will and won’t proceed during the federal government shutdown. The shutdown began at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement over ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has notified Olympic Medical Center that it is back in compliance with its standards of care after a state Department of Health survey last month.

Mercy Health-St. Elizabeth Youngstown (Ohio) Hospital is at risk of losing Medicare funding after a review by CMS on Sept. 3 found the hospital to be out of compliance with the program’s conditions of ...

A major consumer advocacy group is urging federal regulators to use newly expanded nursing home ownership data to block owners associated with other poorly performing facilities from obtaining ...

To be certified by Medicare, an ambulatory surgery center must undergo a rigorous inspection survey as well as ensure the ASC follows numerous regulations after certification, according to an AmSurg ...