OIG: Stop allowing chiropractors to order any services
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 11, 2018
There is no need to set a policy to deny all claims for items and services from chiropractors since the bulk of incorrect payments are already blocked, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said...
Maine goes back to drawing board on Medicaid expansion
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 11, 2018
Despite Maine residents voting to expand Medicaid expansion, they’ll have to wait longer after the state House failed to override the governor’s veto.
McKnight’s earns national APEX awards
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 11, 2018
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News has once again earned national honors in the 30th annual APEX Awards for Publication Excellence competition.
Beneficiaries again challenge slow Medicaid application process
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 10, 2018
Connecticut has failed to process Medicaid applications in an agreed-upon time frame, including for long-term care beneficiaries, and a court should hold it in contempt, a new filing alleges. But the state...
Senior living executives sentenced
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 10, 2018
The former chief operating officer of American Senior Communities was sentenced to 4½ years in prison last week as part of a fraud scheme that also took down the company’s CEO.
Poor care fuels felony charges
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 09, 2018
The former owners of a New York nursing home are headed to court with charges of endangering the welfare of residents. Joseph Zupnik and Daniel Herman, the owner and manager of the Otsego nursing home,...
3D images see arthritis early
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 09, 2018
A way to detect tiny changes in arthritic joints holds promise for effective treatments, University of Cambridge researchers say. A team that developed an algorithm to monitor the joints said X-rays don’t...
False Claims out, but firing complaint allowed vs. Trilogy
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 09, 2018
A federal judge dismissed a nearly three-year-old False Claims Act case against Trilogy Health Systems in May, but the legal travails for the provider aren’t over. The case placed former occupational...
CMS gives more time to return bundled payment documents
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 09, 2018
Providers working on the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model have additional time to return signed participation agreements and return deliverables to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Nursing homes exhale as staffing bill tabled until fall
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 09, 2018
A New Jersey bill that would have established a certified nursing assistant-to-resident ratio at nursing homes has been pushed to the fall for further debate. But operators in the state and beyond remain...