Effects of PDPM will be known by first quarter of 2020, HCR ManorCare exec says
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 24, 2019
A top executive for a major skilled nursing company said providers should know by the “first quarter of 2020” how reimbursement will be impacted once the Patient-Driven Payment Model is implemented.
More social workers helps decrease wandering, reduce antipsychotic use in nursing homes, researchers...
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Danielle Brown
Sep 24, 2019
Researchers are calling for skilled nursing providers to invest more in social services after a study found that facilities with more qualified social workers helped improve behavioral symptoms, like wandering,...
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Sep 24, 2019
Azria Health closes four Nebraska SNFs due to ‘poor financial performance’ one week after acquiring them … CMS releases utilization, payment public use files for post-acute care, hospice providers...
CMS should ensure quality measures actually match strategic objectives, OIG report asserts
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Danielle Brown
Sep 23, 2019
A federal watchdog wants the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to get better at ensuring its quality measures actually match its strategic objectives aimed at improving care quality and reducing...
Leader of record $146M nursing home mortgage default settles SEC lawsuit
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Danielle Brown
Sep 23, 2019
A rabbi at the center of a $146 million nursing home mortgage default has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accuses him of operating a scheme that targeted the Orthodox Jewish community in Chicago.
Senior Housing Properties completes sale of portfolio in $26M deal
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Danielle Brown
Sep 23, 2019
Senior Housing Properties Trust announced Monday it has completed the sale of its 15-facilities skilled nursing portfolio.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Sept. 24
Sep 23, 2019
Seniors with type 2 diabetes should reduce insulin use as they age: study … Nursing home fined $1,680 after four residents test positive for cocaine use … HHS awards nearly $4M to Indiana geriatrics...
House passes bill prohibiting pre-dispute arbitration
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Danielle Brown
Sep 22, 2019
Providers could soon be in for another fight after legislation seeking to prohibit pre-dispute arbitration agreements passed Friday in the U.S. House, 225-186.
Lawmakers look to protect non-emergency Medicaid transportation benefit
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Danielle Brown
Sep 22, 2019
Several U.S. lawmakers are looking to protect a Medicaid transportation benefit frequently used by nursing home residents as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services considers rolling back the protection.
Kindred’s settlement over home health wages didn’t include SNF class-action lawsuit, which may proceed,...
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Danielle Brown
Sep 22, 2019
indred Healthcare was denied late last week in its attempt to have a federal class-action lawsuit that alleges it failed to pay wages and overtime to skilled nursing clinicians dismissed.