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CMS warns Stephenson County committee nursing facility risks losing Medicare, Medicaid if compliance not verified
Summary
Committee members reported a CMS letter saying the state needs evidence of life-safety survey corrections; Medicare and Medicaid payments to the facility have been suspended since June 9 and the county submitted a cost report for review.
A committee member read correspondence to the Support Services Committee on July 9 saying the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) told county officials the state was waiting for documentation of life‑safety survey corrections and that, if the documentation is not verified, CMS is required by law to terminate Medicare and Medicaid provider agreements for the nursing center on Aug. 4, 2025.
The committee member, reading the letter into the record, said the correspondence directed the county to “please send the outstanding…
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