McKnight's April 16, 2024
Best pull out your opera gloves and polish up your waltz.
It’s the annual coming out season for the nursing home brass at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, who’ve recently been spotted at two provider conferences and filled a whole day’s agenda at their own agency’s three-day quality shindig.
That’s the spring cycle for you, a time for CMS to highlight its main priorities as we emerge from the winter doldrums, often doing so in bright sunny spots where colleagues gather for operational insights and inspiration.
But there’s no doubt everyone in attendance at those events felt the shadow looming over all the talk of enhanced barrier precautions, sepsis, antipsychotic reductions and other quality initiatives.
Yes, those...