Providers could see an automatic shift in their federal star ratings thanks to several new changes to the system, including the controversial addition of a warning icon next to certain cited facilities...
60 seconds with … Nicole Fallon
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Danielle Brown
Nov 11, 2019
Q: Skilled nursing facilities were recently issued corrected value-based purchasing reports due to a calculation error by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Did the error cause much trouble? ...
Providers split about new OT pay threshold
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Danielle Brown
Nov 11, 2019
Workers earning less than about $35,500 per year will be eligible for overtime pay under the Department of Labor’s final overtime rule. The agency said Sept. 24 that the new OT rule will become...
DOJ pushing criminal suits
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Danielle Brown
Nov 07, 2019
Providers are pushing back against an effort by the Department of Justice that would allow criminal charges to be brought against nursing home providers and staff members accused of abuse and fraud in...
Providers sweating proposed 8% cut to therapy services — ‘There’s just no reason for that’
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Danielle Brown
Nov 07, 2019
Therapy advocates are pushing back against a proposal that would cut 8% from Medicare payments for physical and occupational therapy services starting in 2021.
Therapy staff cuts, PDPM will save Genesis $30M, CEO says
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Danielle Brown
Nov 07, 2019
Genesis Healthcare should see its annual operating costs reduced by $30 million as it focuses more on group and concurrent therapy services under the newly implemented Patient Driven Payment Model, CEO...
Judge blocks $246M Medicaid funding cuts
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Danielle Brown
Nov 07, 2019
A New York Supreme Court judge has stopped the state of New York from implementing a new methodology for calculating reimbursement rates that would have cost operators $246 million in Medicaid funding.
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Nov 07, 2019
Judge blocks rule that would have let providers deny care based on religious beliefs … A nursing resident’s handgrip strength could be tied to cognitive function … Former nursing home director accused...
Omega completes $735M SNF acquisition, remains high on PDPM
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Danielle Brown
Nov 06, 2019
Omega Healthcare has completed a $735 million acquisition of 60 facilities throughout the United States. The deal was closed last week, company executives said during a third-quarter earnings call Wednesday...
Hospitals bungling Medicare post-acute discharge codes will cost them $54.4M
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Danielle Brown
Nov 06, 2019
Several acute-care hospitals will likely have to pay back $54.4 million to Medicare after an investigation found that the program wrongly billed inpatient claims subject to the post-acute care transfer...