| CMS Releases the FY26 Mission and Priority Document | 26935 | | CMS released the FY 2026 MPD, which outlines survey, certification, enforcement, and Medicare funding allocations for states, while also providing background information on certified provider and supplier types, as well as accreditation and deeming surveys. | 9/29/2025 8:02:14 PM | 9/29/2025 8:02:14 PM | Provider Magazine / Articles / CMS Releases the FY26 Mission and Priority Document The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Mission and | STS_ListItem_850 | | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | 728 | 101 | | | | | | 0 | https://www.providermagazine.com | html | False | | aspx | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles | {2BAC5435-7FB2-4937-811F-CDB8F5B38674} | | | ~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Content Web Parts/Item_BreakingNews.js | 31;16 | 31 |
| NCAL Endorses the Expanding Service Coordinators Act | 26847 | | NCAL has endorsed the re-introduction of the Expanding Service Coordinators Act, which would make critical investments and reforms to expand the service coordinator programs to serve more people in federally assisted housing. | 9/16/2025 1:48:23 PM | 9/16/2025 1:48:23 PM | Provider Magazine / Articles / NCAL Endorses the Expanding Service Coordinators Act NCAL Endorses the Expanding Service Coordinators Act
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| Member Advocacy Yields Medicaid Wins for Long Term Care | 26789 | | The tax and spending cuts bill made substantial changes to Medicaid, but the American Health Care Association and its member advocates were able to shield nursing homes and intermediate care facilities from any reductions to provider taxes. | 9/9/2025 3:25:25 PM | 9/9/2025 3:25:25 PM | Provider Magazine / Issues / 2025 / Fall / Member Advocacy Yields Medicaid Wins for Long Term Care On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act | STS_ListItem_850 | | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Issues/2025/Fall/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | 851 | 245 | | | | | | 0 | https://www.providermagazine.com | html | False | | aspx | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Issues/2025/Fall | {C5939824-1D3A-4743-8741-4FF15B2D1C20} | | | ~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Content Web Parts/Item_MagazineArticleFull.js | 32;16 | 32 |
| Now Available: The Final MDS 3.0 RAI User’s Manual | 26776 | | The final Minimum Data Set 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument User’s Manual version (v)1.20.1 is now available. | 9/8/2025 8:02:40 PM | 9/8/2025 8:02:40 PM | Provider Magazine / Articles / Now Available: The Final MDS 3.0 RAI User’s Manual Now Available: The Final MDS 3.0 RAI User’s Manual
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| Important Compliance and Regulatory Reminders | 37903 | | OIG released an audit report which reviewed compliance with background checks and abuse-registry requirements in skilled nursing facilities. The audit identified instances where staff began working before these required screenings were completed. | 8/27/2025 5:44:29 PM | 8/27/2025 5:44:29 PM | Provider Magazine / Articles / Important Compliance and Regulatory Reminders Important Compliance and Regulatory Reminders
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| CMS Releases Finalized MDS Item Sets and Matrix for Nursing Homes Effective October 1, 2025 | 38079 | | CMS posted the final MDS 3.0 Item Sets version 1.20.1v3 and Item Matrix v1.20.1v3 in the downloads section of their MDS 3.0 RAI Manual page. The MDS Item Sets will be effective beginning October 1, 2025. | 8/27/2025 6:15:34 PM | 8/27/2025 6:15:34 PM | The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have posted the final Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Item Sets version 1.20.1v3 and Item Matrix v1.20.1v3 in the Downloads section of | STS_ListItem_850 | | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | 2062 | 239 | | | | | | 0 | https://www.providermagazine.com | html | False | | aspx | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles | {8000030B-6B5E-4180-B7C7-58D4BF98B526} | | | ~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Content Web Parts/Item_BreakingNews.js | 31;16 | 31 |
| CMS Overhauls RADV Audit Program for Medicare Advantage Plans | 38080 | | CMS conducts annual RADV audits to ensure the accuracy of diagnosis codes submitted by MA plans. Diagnosis codes directly impact patient risk scores, which determines CMS' risk-adjusted payment amounts to MA plans per enrollee. | 8/27/2025 9:02:44 PM | 8/27/2025 9:02:44 PM | Provider Magazine / Articles / CMS Overhauls RADV Audit Program for Medicare Advantage Plans In May, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced
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| Reminder MDS & Resident Assessments Roles and Responsibilities | 37895 | | Regulations require nursing homes to initially and periodically conduct a comprehensive, accurate, standardized, reproducible assessment of each resident's functional capacity. | 8/25/2025 2:41:34 PM | 8/25/2025 2:41:34 PM | Provider Magazine / Articles / Reminder MDS & Resident Assessments Roles and Responsibilities In
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| Rationalizing Regulations | 38055 | | Harmon spoke with Provider about putting people over paperwork, advancing workforce development, and prioritizing innovation. | 8/26/2025 3:20:01 PM | 8/26/2025 3:20:01 PM | Provider Magazine / Video Resources / ProviderTV / Rationalizing Regulations Holly Harmon, senior vice president of quality, regulatory, and clinical services at AHCA, spoke with | STS_ListItem_850 | | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Video-Resources/ProviderTV/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | 818 | 36 | | | | | | 0 | https://www.providermagazine.com | html | False | | aspx | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Video-Resources/ProviderTV | {2D3504E0-AAD8-49ED-91E9-214A77108047} | | | ~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Content Web Parts/Item_ProviderTV.js | 33;16 | 33 |
| CMS Posts FY24 SPSS Findings | 37997 | | CMS annually assesses each State Survey Agency’s performance on measures included in the SPSS program. State Agencies must submit a corrective action plan for each SPSS measure that they did not meet in FY24 or partially met for the second consecutive year. | 8/20/2025 3:56:00 PM | 8/20/2025 3:56:00 PM | Provider Magazine / Articles / CMS Posts FY24 SPSS Findings CMS Posts FY24 SPSS Findings
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| Long Term Care Voices in Research: What We Are Doing and Why | 33395 | | AHCA/NCAL helps shape and execute federally-funded research across the country that will deliver solutions to our members. | 6/17/2025 8:47:02 PM | 6/17/2025 8:47:02 PM | Provider Magazine / Articles / Long Term Care Voices in Research: What We Are Doing and Why AHCA/NCAL helps shape and execute federally-funded research across the country that will | STS_ListItem_850 | | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | 1037 | 37 | | | | | | 0 | https://www.providermagazine.com | html | False | | aspx | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles | {2DF80EEB-5AE3-49C6-A17E-70270F0196C8} | | | ~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Content Web Parts/Item_BreakingNews.js | 31;16 | 31 |
| EBP and MDROs | 33279 | | Infection prevention and control involves numerous interconnected elements, all of which must work together to keep residents, staff, and others safe and ensure regulatory compliance. | 6/2/2025 2:01:41 PM | 6/2/2025 2:01:41 PM | Provider Magazine / Issues / 2025 / Summer / EBP and MDROs Back to Story
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| Medicaid Cuts Would Devastate Providers Serving ID/DD Populations | 33024 | | Despite being the backbone of ID/DD care, Medicaid reimbursement rates often fall short of covering the actual cost of care, regardless of any future cuts. This underfunding has led to longer waitlists for home and community-based services programs, facility closures, and reduced access to timely, essential support that individuals desperately need. | 10/10/2025 6:38:45 PM | 10/10/2025 6:38:45 PM | Provider Magazine / Articles / Medicaid Cuts Would Devastate Providers Serving ID/DD Populations Medicaid cuts would be devastating to individuals with intellectual and | STS_ListItem_850 | | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | 4781 | 99 | | | | | | 0 | https://www.providermagazine.com | html | False | | aspx | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles | {B53DFF69-F251-470B-8529-E436B6B60120} | | | ~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Content Web Parts/Item_BreakingNews.js | 31;16 | 31 |
| How to Structure Your Compliance Program | 2797 | | It is important that an organization have a formal compliance program as proactive and preventive; a structure to address issues; and as a mitigating factor should compliance violations be identified by regulatory agencies. | 10/10/2025 6:32:47 PM | 10/10/2025 6:32:47 PM | Provider Magazine / Articles / How to Structure Your Compliance Program How to Structure Your Compliance Program
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| 4 Tips to Improve Section GG Coding Accuracy | 10311 | | The four tips described here will help facility teams develop a process to ensure the accuracy of section GG items. | 1/9/2024 2:57:27 PM | 1/9/2024 2:57:27 PM | Provider Magazine / Articles / 4 Tips to Improve Section GG Coding Accuracy Although keeping it simple is often the easiest and most tempting way to complete a task, sometimes it | STS_ListItem_850 | | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | 6025 | 80 | | | | | | 0 | https://www.providermagazine.com | html | False | | aspx | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Articles | {FC0CAA40-1571-4EAD-A98E-F5D8AD2329F0} | | | ~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Content Web Parts/Item_BreakingNews.js | 31;16 | 31 |
| Working Together to Advocate for Better Solutions with Mark Parkinson | 11328 | | In this video interview, Parkinson outlines top legilsative and regulatory priorities for this year. | 7/20/2023 1:54:22 PM | 7/20/2023 1:54:22 PM | Provider Magazine / Video Resources / ProviderTV / Working Together to Advocate for Better Solutions with Mark Parkinson Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of the American Health | STS_ListItem_850 | | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Video-Resources/ProviderTV/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | 1801 | 21 | | | | | | 0 | https://www.providermagazine.com | html | False | | aspx | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Video-Resources/ProviderTV | {22169DF3-6A55-4E93-8335-D9353E025B72} | | | ~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Content Web Parts/Item_ProviderTV.js | 33;16 | 33 |
| Are D-SNPs Enough for Dual Eligibles in Long Term Care? | 116 | | D-SNPs are tailored towards community-dwelling beneficiaries, they are generally designed to provide an infrastructure of care that already exists within an LTC facility. | 2/13/2024 8:06:21 PM | 2/13/2024 8:06:21 PM | Are D-SNPs Enough for Dual Eligibles in Long Term Care?
Steve Manning 5/2/2023
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| State Advocacy Efforts with Zach Shamberg | 11243 | | Shamberg discusses Medicaid waivers and state advocacy efforts. | 10/12/2022 8:06:37 PM | 10/12/2022 8:06:37 PM | Provider Magazine / Video Resources / ProviderTV / State Advocacy Efforts with Zach Shamberg State Advocacy Efforts with Zach Shamberg
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| Influencing the Future of the Long Term Care Industry with Andy Aronson | 11074 | | Aronson discusses how educating regulators affects our future as an industry. | 9/29/2022 12:03:31 PM | 9/29/2022 12:03:31 PM | Provider Magazine / Video Resources / ProviderTV / Influencing the Future of the Long Term Care Industry with Andy Aronson Bringing a unique background in health care law, Andy | STS_ListItem_850 | | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Video-Resources/ProviderTV/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx | 5569 | 16 | | | | | | 0 | https://www.providermagazine.com | html | False | | aspx | | https://www.providermagazine.com/Video-Resources/ProviderTV | {1ED7776A-E59D-447A-997D-054B8E6C6C16} | | | ~sitecollection/_catalogs/masterpage/Display Templates/Content Web Parts/Item_ProviderTV.js | 33;16 | 33 |
| PDPM Data Trends Part IV | 10022 | | “Spillover” occurs in non-COVID patient CMIs when minimum data set patient assessment item patterns change from what would have occurred if not for the pandemic. | 12/19/2022 9:40:41 PM | 12/19/2022 9:40:41 PM | Provider Magazine / Articles / PDPM Data Trends Part IV PDPM Data Trends Part IV
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