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Patients and Families Can Sue Long-Term Care Facilities in Court, New Final Rule Says

Published on Thu Oct 13, 2016

CMS has released its first major overhaul of nursing home regulations since 1991. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed the updates in July 2015 and received nearly 10,000 public comments, Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt noted in a blog post (https://blog.cms.gov/2016/09/28/commitment-to-person-centered-care-for-long-term-care-facility-residents/). The final rule was published in the Federal Register on October 4, and Phase I regulations take [...]
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