CASPER folders: CMS notifies select skilled nursing facilities over quality reporting noncompliance … Acupuncture could be covered for some Medicare beneficiaries with low-back pain … OIG finds...
Neither patient nor provider reaping intended rewards of ACOs
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 15, 2019
Accountable care organizations, designed to reduce overhead and improve health outcomes by coordinating care, may not be achieving either goal when it comes to patients with complex needs, according to...
Providers fight back against accusations of denied access due to payment ability
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 15, 2019
An investigative report that accused New York’s best nursing homes of discriminating against Medicaid beneficiaries draws “incorrect conclusions” based on misleading data and anecdotal comments,...
For men only: Sex may forestall Parkinson’s symptoms
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 15, 2019
Parkinson’s patients may want to pay more attention to their sex lives if they hope to stave off motor-related symptoms and depression, an Italian study suggests. After diagnosis, males especially should...
Also in the News for Tuesday, July 16
Jul 15, 2019
Respiratory illness kills two, sickens 55 from CCRC’s skilled nursing and assisted living units … All-too-common UTIs are now commonly resistant to treatment … There’s an app for that: Researchers...
Here comes the bride’s mother, all dressed in silver
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2019
Months ago, Jane Hartstein, a resident of Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center on Long Island, started trying to wean herself off a ventilator in the hopes of making it to her daughter’s...
Daughter who withdrew $60K from mom’s account not liable for her nursing home bill
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 08, 2019
A woman who transferred nearly $60,000 from her mother’s bank account can’t be held liable for nursing home fees not covered by Medicaid, a New Jersey appellate court has ruled. In the months after...
This type of nursing home is more likely to be penalized under value-based purchasing
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 08, 2019
Nursing homes where a majority of residents are black or Latino were more likely to receive a penalty in the first year of the Value-Based Purchasing Program, according to a new analysis. The study is...
Pediatric nursing home looks to create new kind of long-term care facility for young adults as numbers...
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 08, 2019
Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center, the nation’s largest nursing home caring for patients 21 and under, wants to build a new kind of operation that caters to young adults. Officials have applied to...
Also in the News for Tuesday, July 9
Jul 08, 2019
Millions budgeted for nursing home wage support a no-go without governor’s blessing … Lawsuit blames ‘gross’ staffing shortage for fall-related death … Nursing home residents kept inside...