Bill would block federal nursing home staffing mandate
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 03, 2023
A Minnesota Congresswoman has introduced legislation that could stop the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from implementing its proposed nursing home staffing requirements.
Colliding factors threaten to ‘muddy’ state Medicaid reimbursement
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2023
Several converging factors could make the next few years especially complicated for state Medicaid systems, with the potential for new cost-setting strategies to affect providers from coast-to-coast.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Oct. 4
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2023
$81million NIH grant to study nursing home dementia care … Consider these documentation practices help mitigate litigation risks for providers … Senator urges CMS to crack down on Medicaid MCOs denying...
From provider to ‘payvider:’ Navigating increasing I-SNP options
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 03, 2023
Even as Institutional Special Needs Plans gain in popularity among long-term care providers, owners and operators must proceed with caution to determine how they best fit into the risk-sharing environment.
Also in the News Tuesday, Oct. 3
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 03, 2023
Feds sue Colorado over its practice of placing adults with disabilities in nursing homes … Providers missing opportunity to reduce polypharmacy after dementia diagnoses: study … Resident autonomy supersedes...
Also in the News for Monday, Oct. 2
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 02, 2023
California provider settles EEOC racial harassment suit for $865K … Hospice medical director gets 4 years in prison for Medicare fraud involving nursing home patients … REITs focused on long-term...
More training, advocacy needed as Medicare denials continue — 10 years after Jimmo case
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 29, 2023
Ten years after a landmark court case determined patients do not need to regain function to maintain access to skilled nursing care and therapy services, advocates warn that elderly patients and those...
AARP scorecard captures nursing home faults, innovations state-by-state
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 29, 2023
Long-term care, including access to quality skilled nursing, is “painfully inadequate” with major gaps in every state, finds an updated scorecard issued Thursday by AARP.
Also in the News for Friday, Sept. 29
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 29, 2023
Push to expand hospital staffing ratios could complicate nursing home mandate compliance … Baltimore announces $500 awards for nursing home, other direct care workers … Philips kept complaints about...
Care teams now at risk as MDS changes roll out
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 28, 2023
It’s been widely billed as the biggest change to the Minimum Data Set in more than a decade, and on Sunday, version 1.18.11 of the MDS 3.0 finally kicks in.