UnitedHealth Group partners with Walgreens to open Medicare service centers … Connecticut nursing home workers approve strike over labor practices … Ohio nursing home accused of not paying overtime...
‘Most complex’ RoP phase goes live Thursday, but CMS says surveyor guidance not expected for months
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Danielle Brown
Nov 25, 2019
Guidance on Phase 3 of the Requirements of Participation won’t be released until early next year, even though the implementation date remains Thursday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has...
The new Nursing Home Compare consumer alert icon violates a patient safety principle that calls on providers to establish blame-free environments for reporting incidents, medical directors stated in a...
Ransomware attack prevents 110 nursing homes from paying employees, ordering meds
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Danielle Brown
Nov 25, 2019
More than 100 nursing homes spread across the country are having trouble paying employees and ordering necessary medications for residents due to a ransomware attack on an IT support company for long-term...
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Nov 25, 2019
Cleaning crew’s chlorine gas mixture leads to nursing home evacuation … Idaho’s Medicaid administrator proposes cutting payments to nursing homes, hospitals … Lawsuit filed by beneficiaries challenging...
New bills call for nursing home minimum staffing requirements
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Danielle Brown
Nov 24, 2019
Providers are pushing back against a proposed law that would require skilled nursing facilities to meet minimum staffing requirements. They’re instead calling on lawmakers to find solutions to address...
House approves workplace violence prevention bill that could cost providers billions
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Danielle Brown
Nov 24, 2019
A federal workplace violence prevention bill that could cost nursing homes, hospitals and other healthcare providers billions of dollars in order to comply was approved by the U.S. House.
Post-acute care providers increasing EHR use, survey finds
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Danielle Brown
Nov 24, 2019
More post-acute care providers are embracing the use of electronic health records in their facilities, according to a new survey by Black Book Market Research firm.
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Nov 24, 2019
Closure of Wisconsin nursing home puts dozens of jobs at risk … Seniors say Medicare drug plan finder pushes them toward higher costs … Researchers developing smartphone app that could test for early...
Convicted long-term care mogul ordered to pay $44M for billion-dollar fraud scheme
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Danielle Brown
Nov 21, 2019
Convicted long-term care businessman Philip Esformes has been ordered to pay a total of $44.2 million for his role in a $1.3 billion healthcare fraud scheme that ran through his network of nursing homes.