Provider association: Clarification on SNF tax benefits ‘off to good start’
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 25, 2018
The nation’s largest skilled nursing association has asked for clarification on new federal tax policy, hoping the Office of Management and Budget will exclude for-profit skilled nursing providers...
Maine governor ignores voters’ ballots and will not expand Medicaid
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 25, 2018
Six months after Maine voters opted to expand the state Medicaid program through a ballot initiative, Gov. Paul LePage (R) is refusing to enact more coverage.
Eight months post-hurricane, 20 uprooted residents — and 5 staff members — finally celebrate return...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 25, 2018
As Hurricane Harvey bore down on the Gulf Coast last August, 90 long-term care residents from Rockport, TX, boarded charter buses and ambulances to make a trek to safety in the city of Bee Cave.
Not just a nursing home problem: Antipsychotic use increasing in elderly, community-dwelling dementia...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 24, 2018
While regulatory focus has pushed the use of antipsychotics lower in skilled nursing facilities recently, off-label use is rising among dementia patients living in assisted living and other community settings.
Genesis Healthcare will sell 51% stake in Chinese subsidiary
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 24, 2018
Genesis HealthCare announced Monday that it has agreed to sell a controlling stake of its Chinese subsidiary, GRS-HS, to Riswein Health Industry Investment Co.
Also in the News for Tuesday, April 24
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 24, 2018
NPR correspondent outlines struggle to pay for Medicare-recipient mom’s rehab after ‘observation status’ … New York lawmakers holding hearings on long idle physician-assisted suicide...
After protecting 55 sites, Consulate Health Care looks to stay in business at another Florida SNF
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 23, 2018
Fresh from negotiating an agreement that protects licenses at 55 of its 77 Florida facilities, Consulate Health Care is working to win back its right to provide skilled nursing services — and get paid...
Most who collect long-term care insurance benefits not in nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 23, 2018
The evolving nature of long-term care insurance policies means fewer beneficiaries end up in nursing homes, according to an industry group that released a new claims analysis Friday.
Approving TP and hand soap purchases for broke public nursing home lands official in hot water
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 23, 2018
Illinois’ troubled Champaign County Nursing Home racked up another $200,000 in debt in a single month and was down to its last eight rolls of toilet paper.
Florida-based Avante Group to sell nearly half its nursing homes in two-state deal with Sentosa Care
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 20, 2018
The Avante Group is planning to exit the North Carolina market and reduce its presence in Virginia, having reached a deal with New York-based Sentosa Care LLC for 10 skilled nursing facilities.