Skilled nursing sector adds 2,400 jobs in January … OIG report takes aim at emergency preparedness compliance among Texas providers … Caregivers more likely to neglect their own health … Medicaid...
Lawmakers question CMS on proposed 8% cut to therapy services
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Danielle Brown
Feb 10, 2020
Nearly 100 U.S. lawmakers last week submitted a letter to Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, that expresses concerns regarding a proposal that would slice 8% from...
Verma argues block grant program won’t cut Medicaid funding, describes criticism as ‘fear-mongering’
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Danielle Brown
Feb 10, 2020
A new program that allows states to receive their Medicaid funding for select adult beneficiaries as a block grant will not lead to cuts in the program, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator...
Surveyors prioritize infection control compliance amid coronavirus outbreak
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Danielle Brown
Feb 10, 2020
Surveyors will be paying close attention to healthcare providers’ compliance with infection prevention and control policies amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
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Feb 10, 2020
Study to evaluate benefits of investing in direct care workforce … Medicare Advantage gets less than 1% rate increase … California man pleads guilty in $400K Medicare kickback scheme … Nursing home...
Omega execs issue caution about supplemental Medicaid pay proposal
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Danielle Brown
Feb 06, 2020
Omega Healthcare and its operators expressed reservations Thursday about a proposed federal rule that threatens several Medicaid funding programs for providers. Company executives conveyed concerns during...
Ensign touts ‘record’ fourth quarter under PDPM
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Danielle Brown
Feb 06, 2020
Executives for the Ensign Group touted a “record” fourth quarter — its first under the recently implemented Patient Driven Payment Model — during an earnings call Thursday afternoon.
Skyline operators stole $2M from employees, lawsuit claims
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Danielle Brown
Feb 06, 2020
A newly filed lawsuit has accused the former operators of New Jersey-based nursing home chain Skyline Health Care of stealing more than $2 million from employees.
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Feb 06, 2020
Lawsuit claims facility didn’t do enough to protect residents from alleged serial killer … NY nursing homes can’t absorb additional Medicaid cuts, provider advocate argues … New bill seeks to address...
‘Thousands’ of jobs remain unfilled amid ongoing caregiver shortage in Massachusetts
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Danielle Brown
Feb 05, 2020
Lawmakers and stakeholders in Massachusetts are looking for solutions to a caregiver shortage that has left “thousands” of job vacancies at skilled nursing and home health agencies throughout the state.