Operator settles for $1.75 million, but denies it vaccinated ineligibles
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Danielle Brown
Jul 04, 2022
A Florida-based operator has agreed to settle claims that it violated the federal government’s Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program by vaccinating ineligible people despite “strongly denying”...
More than a thousand workers threaten nursing home strikes
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Danielle Brown
Jul 04, 2022
Long-term care providers in New York and Detroit could be without more than a thousand workers soon, after employees authorized strikes in a push for better working conditions and better pay.
Also in the News for Tuesday, July 5
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Danielle Brown
Jul 04, 2022
SNF occupancy remains stagnant as labor crisis limits admissions: NIC … Researchers call for more actionable policies around oral health in long-term care
New employee interviews, deeper dive into PBJ data could lead to more survey citations
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Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2022
Nursing home operators should be on high alert about the questions surveyors will ask employees about sufficient staffing after heavy emphasis was placed on the matter in updated guidance released this...
Providers: Fix would speed immigrant nurse validation by months
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Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2022
A long-term care coalition is calling on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to address an ongoing issue at its Texas premium processing unit that’s causing “significant delays” in tapping...
Disenrolling residents from MA plans leads to $7.85 million provider settlement with feds
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Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2022
A New York-based provider is settling allegations that it switched resident’s Medicare coverage to maximize its reimbursements for nearly $8 million.
Extended! Tech Awards nominations now due July 7
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Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2022
The extended deadline to enter the 2022 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards competition is Thursday, July 7, organizers have announced. The expanded deadline is to give providers the holiday weekend...
Also in the News for Friday, July 1
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Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2022
Nearly 60% of long-term care execs expect margins to increase in near future: survey … Supreme Court declines to hear religious challenge to NY’s healthcare worker vaccine mandate … SAGE launches...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services appears to be weighing changes to its nursing home room capacity standards, based on recommendations included in updated guidance released Wednesday.
Providers to feds: Ease up on ‘restrictive’ COVID recommendations to ease staffing crunch
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Danielle Brown
Jun 30, 2022
The nation’s second largest nursing home association has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to reevaluate several of its COVID-19 recommendations for nursing homes, saying they restrict...