Drowning in worry? Unions offer new staffing rule entanglement
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 05, 2023
If you didn’t already have major anxiety over a federal staffing mandate, Axios this week offered a new cause for stress in this alarming headline: “Staffing standard could boost unionization efforts...
More nursing home COVID cases stay in state courts — for now
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 05, 2023
A recent rash of federal court orders made clear the path for COVID-related lawsuits in nine states, but more controversy over PREP Act immunity for protection could be brewing as another court considers...
Advocates intensify behind-the-scenes efforts as staffing minimum stalls
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 30, 2023
While on-the-ground providers can do little but wait for a now-overdue staffing minimum to drop, the sector’s top advocates remain furiously at work in the nation’s capital, hoping to mitigate its...
Watchdog urges Medicaid to bolster overpayment collection efforts
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 30, 2023
The Government Accountability Office is urging Medicaid overseers to do a better job of recouping overpayments, citing their allegedly lenient oversight of state auditing efforts.
Skilled nursing management firm avoids class action in data breach case
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 30, 2023
A management firm serving nursing homes in four states has avoided a class-action lawsuit related to a 2021 data breach.
Also in the News for Friday, June 30
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 30, 2023
Supreme Court expands employers’ requirements for religious accommodations … State’s high court will hear gig worker’s challenge to independent contractor law … First new TB shot since BCG enters...
(Updated) CMS uncovers affiliated nursing homes with new ownership tools
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 29, 2023
Providers had a mixed response Wednesday afternoon to a new effort to create more public awareness of nursing home ownership, in particular when facilities share a parent organization.
CCRCs get new lease on life in Florida
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 29, 2023
But its long-term care providers have struggled to keep up with demand, thanks to a series of rules that stymied construction of new continuing care retirement communities. Legislation signed into law...
Also in the News for Thursday, June 29
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 29, 2023
New York AG alleges Centers Health Care ‘deprived’ four of its nursing homes of $83M leading to resident neglect … Tech interventions boost hand hygiene compliance across 2 health systems … Mandatory...
BREAKING: CMS to make shared nursing home ownership, performance clearer for consumers
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 28, 2023
Federal regulators will begin posting nursing home affiliations on Nursing Home Care Compare in an attempt to make it easier for consumers to see related facilities and understand their overall performance,...