Kindred wins court battle as voting starts today on sale to Humana, equity partners
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2018
A Delaware court has ruled in Kindred Healthcare’s favor, rejecting a lawsuit by a large shareholder on the eve of a scheduled vote on the company’s three-way sale.
Court grants rehab provider relief while awaiting Medicare appeals
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2018
A federal court has ruled a healthcare provider can sue to prevent a Medicare contractor from “clawing back” millions of dollars in suspected overpayment, a move that might otherwise send the...
Illinois court upholds record $4.1 million award in nursing home stroke case
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2018
An Illinois judge has upheld a jury ruling to award $4.1 million to the family of a nursing home resident who missed her anti-clotting medication, suffered a stroke — and died four years later.
Study questions readmission data as standard for care quality
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 28, 2018
Hospital readmission rates have emerged as the unquestioned arbiter of post-acute care quality and payments. But a new study suggests a more comprehensive approach may be warranted.
Two more Wisconsin nursing homes closing, both citing Medicaid reimbursement problems
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 28, 2018
Nursing homes in Eau Claire and Dallas, WI, announced this week that they were closing, with both blaming inadequate Medicaid reimbursements for the decision to move 77 combined residents.
Evaluation and treatment of depression may reverse memory and cognitive difficulties
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 28, 2018
Measuring neuropsychiatric symptoms such as depression, anxiety, agitation and irritability can help predict who will develop mild cognitive impairment, and who will progress to dementia or revert back...
Seniors rocking kindness
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 28, 2018
About 20 seniors at Chestnut Knoll Residential Care and Memory Care are planning to rock some strangers’ lives, one lilac or Kelly green stone at a time.
Therapy overpayments may surpass $700 million a year, OIG suggests
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 27, 2018
A federal review of outpatient physical therapy payments found Medicare likely overpaid $367 million during a six-month period.
CMS creating infection control course for Final Rule compliance
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 27, 2018
A new, multi-day course is being designed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid to help nursing homes prepare for an infection preventionist requirement included in the revised Final Rules of participation.
Louisiana lawmakers want to shift money from nursing homes to home health
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 27, 2018
A group of Louisiana legislators wants to change the way the state provides care for its elderly and disabled residents by shifting funding and other support away from nursing homes and toward in-home...