Federal Survey & Certification Funding Reduced

A letter issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says there has been a 21.4 percent increase in the overall number of Medicare-certified providers to be surveyed since 2001, with 7.8 percent growth since 2007. The numbers of home health agencies (HHAs) have grown the fastest, increasing by 69.3 percent between 2001…