# Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2016-10-04 · Effective 2016-11-28 · 81 FR 68688
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-23503
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 68688
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 405
- **Publication date:** 2016-10-04
- **Effective date:** 2016-11-28
- **HHS docket:** CMS-3260-F
## Abstract

This final rule will revise the requirements that Long-Term Care facilities must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These changes are necessary to reflect the substantial advances that have been made over the past several years in the theory and practice of service delivery and safety. These revisions are also an integral part of our efforts to achieve broad-based improvements both in the quality of health care furnished through federal programs, and in patient safety, while at the same time reducing procedural burdens on providers.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/10/04/2016-23503/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-reform-of-requirements-for-long-term-care-facilities)
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