Lexology January 30, 2024
Holland & Knight LLP

Highlights

  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced that it will audit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) nursing home survey practices.
  • Skilled nursing facilities are required to receive a routine survey at least every 15 months, but survey backlogs have plagued the skilled nursing sector for years.
  • Prior OIG reviews of nursing homes “identified multiple issues related to the backlog of required nursing home surveys conducted by state survey agencies.”

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), a top federal watchdog tasked with overseeing Medicare, Medicaid and other HHS programs, recently announced that it will audit the Centers for Medicare &...

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Topics: CMS, Govt Agencies, OIG, Post-Acute Care, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends
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