Abuse, drug citations likely to jump with new nursing home rules live
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 24, 2022
After a multi-year saga, surveyors today begin enforcing compliance with new Rules of Participation guidance, including hundreds of pages of challenging changes to abuse reporting and investigation, resident...
BREAKING: CMS toughens stance on worst-performing nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 21, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced it is increasing its scrutiny of chronically low-performing nursing homes by revising its Special Focus Facility Program.
Need a PDPM boost? A new study points to physiatrists for $34,000 monthly kick
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 20, 2022
Physiatrists can help skilled nursing facilities more accurately capture reimbursement under the Patient Driven Payment Model, a leading payment consultant said Tuesday.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Oct. 19
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 19, 2022
White House COVID czar sounds new alarm for seniors to get boosted … County nursing home seeks 33% increase in local property tax rate — first in 20 years — to stay operational … Traveling nurse...
Fueling up on failure at LeadingAge
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 18, 2022
Failure was a buzzword of sorts at the 2022 LeadingAge Convention and Expo here this week.
Regulator insists brutal honesty from providers can turn the tide on Medicaid
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 18, 2022
DENVER — Despite perceptions of state officials being unapproachable or reluctant to help long-term care providers, the right provider stories can influence policies and help shift funding in the right...
‘We will not go back’ to early pandemic restriction, CMS leader says
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Kimberly Marselas
Joe Bush
Oct 17, 2022
Promoting a return to normalcy, a top CMS official said Sunday that nursing homes will not return to the stringent isolation policies of the early pandemic.
In ‘transition,’ CMS asks providers to weigh in on key rules
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 11, 2022
NASHVILLE, TN — Many providers renewed their concerns about staffing constraints, workforce retention and the survey process during a rare live forum with a top Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Parkinson: Naysayers were wrong — the sector is recovering
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2022
Leaders of nursing homes’ largest provider group Monday struck an optimistic tone as they officially kicked off their annual convention, exhorting providers to press on and commit to quality as they...
States get needed nurse aide waiver relief but workers’ fates uncertain
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 07, 2022
Skilled nursing providers in at least 15 states averted the loss of thousands of frontline workers Thursday, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services let expire a blanket national waiver allowing...