Providers call for broader antipsychotic exclusions to help reduce schizophrenia diagnoses
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 31, 2023
Providers and quality experts are questioning why the agency hasn’t done more to review its quality measure for antipsychotic drug use.
Feeling the pain of an empty parking lot
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2023
For months, nursing homes have complained about their inability to recruit entry level staff while competing with other types of employers able to offer better wages and more attractive benefits like telecommuting.
Agency dependence may lead to more nursing home bankruptcies: legal experts
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 28, 2023
Senior care providers accounted for more than a quarter of major healthcare bankruptcies in the last several years, and with mounting pressures caused by excess staffing agency use and other financial...
Fueling growth through local leadership approach: Providence Group’s Jason Murray
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 27, 2023
Using a model that invests in strong administrators and frees them to lead locally, Providence Group has edged itself into position as one the nation’s five largest nursing home operators over the last...
Panel advances proposal to remove cap, hike state’s Medicaid pay by 10%
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 27, 2023
After facing a 2% Medicaid rate cut that kicked in just as COVID was ramping up in 2020, Colorado nursing home operators are finally eyeing a potentially big increase.
State’s oversight can’t get nursing home off the hook in understaffing lawsuit
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 27, 2023
A California nursing home must face a possible class action suit claiming “chronic understaffing” led to resident right violations — despite its arguments that workforce standards are the purview...
Also in the News for Monday, March 27
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 27, 2023
Blood thinner recalled for possible impurities … Wisconsin nursing home seeks $1.2 million from governor after cuts to state funding left it in the red … Tuberculosis cases approached pre-pandemic...
Added scrutiny forces state to triple nursing home citation amounts
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 24, 2023
Local media coverage has now led to the tripling of fines levied on Iowa nursing homes at least three times after state officials initially ignored a state mandate regarding repeat offenses.
CMS workforce policies, productivity in Congressional spotlight
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 24, 2023
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) gave Health and Human and Services Secretary Xavier Becerra a drubbing this week over “generous telework policies” that he said were likely affecting the department’s productivity.
New York providers beg for rate increase, while lawmakers look ready to add millions to oversight program
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 24, 2023
Nursing home operators in New York are pressing hard to win a significant Medicaid rate increase for 2024, while at the same time, state lawmakers are moving closer to adding more oversight funding.