ARKANSAS — Two Arkansas nursing homes and the federal government reached a deal to delay a rule that prohibits long-term care facilities from requiring residents to sign a binding arbitration agreement...
72 SNFs safely evacuated
Oct 18, 2019
FLORIDA —The state of Florida evacuated 72 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in late August in an effort to keep residents safe from Hurricane Dorian. Just four of the long-term care...
Nursing homes gain short reprieve from funding cuts
Oct 18, 2019
CONNECTICUT — Gov. Ned Lamont’s (D) administration offered nine nursing homes a temporary reprieve from Medicaid funding cuts that have been threatening the facilities. The state Department...
Esformes gets 20 years
Oct 18, 2019
FLORIDA — Long-term care businessman Philip Esformes was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of running a $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme through his network of nursing homes. ...
Ombudsman presence could worsen survey outcomes for nursing homes, study finds
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 17, 2019
Nursing homes could be subject to worse deficiency outcomes — which could lead to fines and a decreased star rating — if an ombudsman is present during annual surveys, according to new research.
Occupational therapists receive bigger raises than PTs, SLPs
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 17, 2019
Long-term care occupational therapists received a higher annual percent increase than physical therapists in 2019, according to a new report.
Providers campaign to get CMS to ditch icon plans
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 17, 2019
The second-largest nursing home association in the U.S. is now urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to not implement plans to place a consumer alert icon next to facilities that have received...
Also in the News for Friday, Oct. 18
Oct 17, 2019
NY City defeats False Claims lawsuit that alleged it plotted to get $14 billion Medicaid overpayment … Insurer finds costs for skilled nursing, assisted living stabilized over the last year … Study...
October IT Update
Oct 17, 2019
» New research has found that eye-tracking technology may make it possible to predict if people with mild memory and thinking impairments will go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Results were published...
October Business Briefs
Oct 17, 2019
» Diversicare Healthcare Services was delisted from the NASDAQ Stock Market after its appeal to stop the delisting was denied, the company announced. Its common stock is now being traded on the “Over...