BREAKING: AHCA files lawsuit to dismiss nursing home staffing rule
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Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2024
A federal lawsuit filed Thursday seeks to throw out the national nursing home staffing mandate, charging that it exceeds the authority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and that it “creates...
With right capital, PACS looks to solidify ‘legacy’ with 53-facility deal
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Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2024
Six weeks after going public, long-term care provider PACS Group announced Thursday it was expanding by nearly 25%, adding 53 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in the Northwest.
Also in the News for Friday, May 24, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2024
Healthcare cost growth rate down year over year, except for skilled nursing … CDC to host May 30 webinar on COVID vaccine payment … AP examines racial disparities in nursing homes, assisted living...
‘Best’ federal payment update not enough ahead of looming staff costs: expert
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Kimberly Marselas
May 23, 2024
A proposed pay increase for nursing home operators may be one of the best in recent memory, but it won’t adequately prepare the sector for implementation of the federal staffing mandate, one of the sector’s...
Health system shuts door on case affirming right to spend nursing home pay on other service lines
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Kimberly Marselas
May 23, 2024
A health system has resolved the final allegation in a 12-year-old False Claims case over how it spent its nursing home proceeds, months after a federal appeals court ordered the case dismissed.
Also in the News for Thursday, May 23, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
May 23, 2024
CMS updates standards determining spousal impoverishment … Another Maine nursing home closing, amounting to 40% bed loss over two-plus decades … Michigan woman accused of pretending to be a nurse at...
Widely used ‘secrecy’ clauses under fire in nursing home arbitration case
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Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2024
Arizona’s attorney general is attempting to intervene in a civil lawsuit against a nursing home, arguing the facility’s attempt to compel arbitration and enforce a “secrecy clause” makes a signed...
Also in the News for Wednesday, May 22, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2024
Senate leaders spark discussion on Medicare physician pay reform with new paper … Geriatric consultation on hospital outcomes in older adults with trauma … Study reveals most affordable online nursing...
Staffing rule financial penalties could be ‘existential’ crisis for nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2024
While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has published a laundry list of possible enforcement actions for nursing homes that fail to meet new staffing requirements, providers can only wonder...
Also in the News for Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2024
VP Harris, ‘star’ of staffing mandate roundtable, to headline SEIU convention Tuesday … APIC co-publishes ethics guidelines for infection preventionists … 88% of LTC nurses report racism, discrimination...