State lawmakers have passed a budget with $415.4 million for Medicaid funding to nursing homes – a $50 million increase from last year.
Funding fight continues
Aug 01, 2019
Gov. Janet Mills (D) was being criticized for delaying a nursing home funding bill after seven nursing homes in the state closed in the past two years.
Dementia-friendly biz opens
Aug 01, 2019
Warm Hearth Village, a continuing care retirement community in Blacksburg, has become the state’s first certified dementia-friendly business.
Budget hikes reimbursement
Aug 01, 2019
An $82 billion, two-year budget that would increase reimbursement rates for Wisconsin nursing homes was recently approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Bills address nursing homes
Aug 01, 2019
The state recently implemented three laws addressing nursing home reform.
Judge rules against dumping
Aug 01, 2019
Nursing homes were wrong in refusing to readmit three residents after they were hospitalized, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled July 18.
Feds sign off on hepatitis C agreement for Louisiana
Aug 01, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved a state Medicaid amendment that will allow negotiated supplemental rebate agreements with manufacturers of hepatitis C medications.
60 Seconds with Angela Catic, M.D.
Aug 01, 2019
60 Seconds with Angela Catic, M.D., Director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship program at Baylor, SETx-GWEP co-director