South Dakota Senate committee approves measure that would allow nursing homes to consolidate with other providers … New York’s effort to find billions in Medicaid savings faces scrutiny … Nursing...
All aboard! Ohio facility hosts Titanic-themed dinner for residents
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Danielle Brown
Feb 12, 2020
The year is 1912, and thousands of passengers are boarding the RMS Titanic for its maiden voyage to New York City — at least that’s what staff members want residents to think. The culinary and programming...
Study: Nursing homes have more hospital admissions, resident diversity since passage of OBRA ‘87
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Danielle Brown
Feb 11, 2020
Nursing homes are admitting more patients from hospitals 30 years after the passage of the Omnibus Budget of Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA ’87), according to new research.
Nursing homes would lose power to sign death certificates under new proposal
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Danielle Brown
Feb 11, 2020
A new proposal in Georgia would take away a nursing home’s ability to sign death certificates.
Providers could use EMR information to predict a resident’s chance of developing dementia
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Danielle Brown
Feb 11, 2020
Providers and physicians working with nursing home residents soon may be able to use a noninvasive method for predicting a resident’s chance of developing dementia.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Feb. 12
Feb 11, 2020
Trump budget proposal looks to save billions for Medicare, Medicaid … Michigan nursing home union hints at strike amid contract negotiations … Coronavirus declared ‘Public Enemy No. 1’ … New...
Operators treating Medicare Advantage enrollees for depression, dementia and frailty are unfairly penalized:...
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Danielle Brown
Feb 11, 2020
Operators who serve a disproportionate share of beneficiaries with these conditions are penalized twice, argue researchers.
Trump budget calls for steep cuts to Medicaid, Medicare; unified payment system for post-acute care providers
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Danielle Brown
Feb 10, 2020
The federal government would like to slash Medicaid and Medicare by billions over the next decade, and establish a unified payment system for post-acute care providers, according to the fiscal year 2021...
States will need to generate savings in order to stay below capped funding levels under Medicaid block...
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Danielle Brown
Feb 10, 2020
States that choose to participate in the federal government’s block grant program will have to generate more funding in order to stay below the capped funding amount, according to a new report.
Providers who treat Medicare Advantage patients with dementia, depression are not being reimbursed fairly,...
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Danielle Brown
Feb 10, 2020
Providers treating Medicare Advantage patients with dementia, depression and frailty may not be getting reimbursed fairly under Medicare, researchers argued in a recent viewpoint published in JAMA.