On Nov. 1^st, CMS updated the guidance for completing the new Form 855A required for the nursing home off-cycle revalidation initiative.

Nursing homes will be required to complete an updated Medicare enrollment form that will require a significant amount of additional information.

All SNFs will have to submit a new CMS Form 855A, disclosing extensive information about entities and individuals who provide administrative, operational, clinical, consulting, and financial services. Guidance is being released on a rolling basis.

Nursing home off-cycle revalidation reporting with new management/ownership data is coming soon.

CMS posts revalidation dates six to seven months in advance.

Comments on the CMS proposed regulation to make NHSN reporting permanent and expand the scope of data collection are due by Aug. 26, 2024.

CMS released interpretive guidance on the new Facility Assessment requirements that were incorporated in the Minimum Staffing Standards rule. The new requirements take effect on Aug. 8, 2024.

In a letter to CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure, the association requested the reduction of COVID-related reporting requirements, aligning with the CDC's standard approach to COVID as a respiratory virus and its termination of hospital COVID reporting requirements.