Budget impasse delays a fix for ‘volatile’ Medicaid rebasing
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 04, 2023
More than a month after state lawmakers were supposed to finalize the state’s 2024 budget, nursing home operators in Pennsylvania were watching carefully Thursday to see how a new spending bill might...
Restructuring, Medicaid boosts pay off for Omega in Q2
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Kimberly Marselas
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 04, 2023
Stronger-than-expected cash rent payments helped bolster Omega Healthcare Investors’ performance in the second quarter, giving the real estate investment trust a healthy $250 million in revenue, $5 million...
Also in the News for Friday, Aug. 4
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 04, 2023
CMS policy on new Alzheimer’s drugs restricts rural access: former senator … Bedbugs may spread MRSA: study … CIDRAP: Sporicidal disinfectants better against Candida Auris … Nearly 30 affected...
Providers prepare for new vaccine threats as mandate officially sunsets
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 03, 2023
The end of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccine healthcare worker mandate arrives Saturday, and with it new costly concerns as well.
State officials hunger for staffing minimum even higher than the one they haven’t implemented yet
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 03, 2023
Lawmakers in Connecticut appear ready to toughen their state’s nursing home staffing minimum next year, even before they have fully tested a 3.0 hours per-day requirement currently in play.
Also in the News for Thursday, Aug. 3
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 03, 2023
Healthcare worker depression hit in two COVID-era waves: study … OIG: CMS still paying to repair beneficiary wheelchairs beyond their lifespan … UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage, SNP plans to...
Medicare Advantage plan settles upcoding allegations for $22.5M
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 02, 2023
A Medicare Advantage plan will pay $22.5 million to settle allegations that it systematically reviewed patient charts to tack on additional charges before submitting claims to Medicare, federal law enforcement...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Aug. 2
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 02, 2023
Career ladder programs help providers keep workers. Here’s how … NIH opens long COVID clinical trials through RECOVER Initiative … AHA, AMA, payers tell CMS to skip electronic prior authorization...
Too hot in the kitchen? Try your neighborhood nursing home
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 01, 2023
It seems a lot of us would like to bury not just our feet in the sand this time of year, but our heads too.
Nursing homes will see a higher-than-expected 4.0% increase in their Medicare Part A payments in fiscal 2024, per a finalized Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule publicized late Monday. But major...