The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services invited the nation’s nursing home stakeholders to a conference call Thursday but played its cards close to the vest regarding its pending release of a first-ever nursing home minimum staffing mandate.
CMS officials used Thursday’s Open Door Forum to unfold final plans for nursing homes to successfully complete the transition to a new MDS version by Oct. 1.
As surges in various respiratory illnesses – including COVID-19 – loom over holiday gatherings, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") held an Open Door Forum for skilled nursing facility.