Warrant-free inspections ahead: Improper dispensing, record keeping lead LTC pharmacy to federal settlement
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 27, 2019
A long-term care pharmacy has agreed to pay $75,000 to resolve allegations that it improperly dispensed a controlled substance and failed to keep accurate records. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced...
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Nicole Blanchard
Jun 27, 2019
Nicole Blanchard is a 2022 editorial intern for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News.
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 27, 2019
C. Max Bachmann is a 2022 editorial intern for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News.
Hospital pay increase would ‘exacerbate’ nursing homes’ disadvantage in recruitment,...
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 26, 2019
A proposed change in how low-wage hospitals pay employees could be a threat to recruitment and retention for long-term care providers, according to formal comments responding to the Centers for Medicare...
Forced staffing ratio for nursing homes, hospitals could cost $3B annually
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 26, 2019
Nursing homes and hospitals have been lumped together in pending New York legislation that increases nurse staffing ratios across the board, at a cost provider organizations estimate as $3 billion annually....
After 4-year legal battle, county nursing home wins $120K in back payments, interest
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 26, 2019
A publicly owned nursing home has won a $120,000 judgment against a family accused of hiding assets before and after their patriarch died in 2011. Warren County filed a petition in surrogate court, seeking...
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Jun 26, 2019
Despite monitoring device, man went missing from nursing home for 6 days … Women who used banned antibacterial chemical prone to fractures … More social workers could address health disparities among...
Providers receive two-year reprieve on non-emergency transport coverage
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 25, 2019
A month after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services planned to repeal a requirement that state Medicaid programs cover transportation for non-emergency medical care, the agency still has not acted....
Many SNFs with shaky quality records receiving government mortgage help
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 25, 2019
More than 15% of nursing homes listed as participants or candidates for an intensive quality monitoring program have mortgages backed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a New York Times...