High-quality, short-term nursing stays lower risk of seniors entering long-term care
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 18, 2018
Seniors who seek rehab at higher-rated short term nursing facilities are less likely to transition into long-term care facilities afterward, finds a study from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
This Music Man really delivers
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 18, 2018
Record delivery man Bob Knutson doesn’t have any training in music or music therapy. For many years, he didn’t even have an especially good ear for it, much less a passion.
Supreme Court may revisit key False Claims decision
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 17, 2018
The Supreme Court may be willing to reconsider a ruling that has had a dramatic impact on False Claims cases since 2016, including an extraordinary $347 million reversal in favor of nursing home operator...
HCR ManorCare strategy to exit bankruptcy gets OK; will sell 74 facilities
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 17, 2018
Six weeks after entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy, HCR ManorCare has won federal approval for its exit strategy.
Another state accused of improprieties in granting private Medicaid contracts
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 17, 2018
A Pennsylvania Court has ruled the state’s Department of Human Services violated procurement rules when an official met with top executives of a company bidding for a share of its Medicaid service...
At least 9 lawsuits against SNFs on hold as a result of Orianna bankruptcy
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 16, 2018
A bankruptcy filing by Tennessee-based Orianna Health Systems has put at least nine wrongful death lawsuits against the company’s nursing homes on hold indefinitely.
Watchdog says nearly one-third of CMS telehealth payments were improper
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 16, 2018
The growing drumbeat for greater use of telehealth in long-term care may have encountered a muffler.
Court rules nursing homes can’t sue state over Medicaid decisions
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 16, 2018
Ohio nursing homes don’t have standing to sue the state over Medicaid eligibility determinations unless specifically authorized.
Improper payments, bad data threaten access to long-term care, GAO health leader testifies
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 13, 2018
Despite efforts to reduce improper payments in Medicaid, they continue to increase — rising to about $37 billion in fiscal year 2017, the Government Accountability Office’s healthcare director...
CMS cuts to ambulance pay for dialysis will ‘devastate’ access for some
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 13, 2018
Skilled nursing providers and ambulance companies are worried that a looming cut to ambulance reimbursement could limit access to care for dialysis patients, as the new rate drives payment below actual...