Costs rise, quality falls after nursing home acquisitions: review
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2023
As acquisitions in US seniors housing and senior care continue at record levels, a new paper in an international medical journal finds such transactions typically bring about a rise in costs and a drop...
Lab owner bilked Medicare of $7 million in nursing home COVID scheme, feds say
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2023
A laboratory owner preyed on nursing home clients to bilk Medicare out of at least $7 million in claims for early COVID-era tests that were unnecessary and, in some cases, never performed, the government...
With bankruptcies increasing, lawmakers look to regulate CCRC refund process
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2023
The bankruptcy filing of Illinois’ largest nonprofit life plan community has brought renewed attention to resident refunds, an issue already being targeted for reform by state lawmakers.
Also in the News for Friday, July 21
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2023
CMS pauses Medicaid redeterminations in some states … Department of Labor awards $65 million to build healthcare, other apprentice programs … Another Catholic-run nursing home closes … On the Move:...
From 5 stars to no walls: A nonprofit nursing home recreates itself for new era
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 19, 2023
For many of its 157 years, Abramson Senior Care had been known for its massive, 5-star rated nursing home and mission of serving the poor and near-poor in the Philadelphia area.
Coming staffing agency caps could be ‘wildly successful’
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Jessica R. Towhey
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 18, 2023
Oregon is the latest state to tackle the rising cost of workers acquired through temporary staffing agencies, but it’s unclear yet just how low rates might go.
Therapy opportunities shine while physicians, therapists face 3.3% pay cut in new CMS proposal
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2023
A proposed 3.3% cut to physician pay would threaten access to care and efforts to bring more clinical oversight into nursing homes, advocacy groups are warning.
Also in the News for Monday, July 17
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2023
HHS urges payers to prep as COVID vaccines near commercial stage … Just 10% of patients eligible for hospital-at-home, estimates pioneer of the approach … CT sues nursing school that abruptly closed...
Feds stop grants to nursing homes for ‘comprehensive review’ of CMP program
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 14, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has paused most grants distributed from its civil monetary penalty reinvestment program, leaving some nursing home leaders without a much-needed funding source...
New union voice joins fight for nursing home staffing minimums
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 14, 2023
Leaders of two major unions brought out the top brass and dug deep into their ranks so that nursing home staff, family members and a current resident could share the ways understaffing has affected them...