SFF Memo Revised to Incorporate Comments
Guidance for Enforcement Suspended Until and Unless Injunction is Lifted. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will not enforce the new rule prohibiting skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities and dually-certified facilities from using pre-dispute binding arbitration agreements while there is a court-ordered injunction in place prohibiting enforcement of this provision.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: December 09, 2016
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