Oklahoma lawmakers tout success of outcomes-focused nursing home law … After 10 years, Kentucky allocates final $16 million needed to build veterans home … Nurse charged with amputating man’s foot...
Immigration reemerges as workforce solution in scattershot Senate hearing
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 17, 2023
An overwhelmed healthcare workforce, the implications of ongoing shortages and fears about a stressed pipeline took center stage during a Senate hearing Thursday.
LTC Properties had its strongest investment year since 2015, company leaders said Thursday, with Chairman and CEO Wendy Simpson touting $170 million in annual investment as proof of a “hard-won positive...
Also in the News for Friday, Feb. 17
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 17, 2023
Attorney General seeks authority to recover state funds from ‘seriously deficient’ nursing homes … CMS Proposes expanded mobility device coverage … AARP targets NY nursing home ombudsman program...
Former nursing home owner charged in $6 million employment tax scheme
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 16, 2023
A former nursing home owner has been indicted on charges that he willfully failed to pay more than $6 million in taxes that were withheld from employees’ paychecks.
Also in the News for Thursday, Feb. 16
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 16, 2023
Federal workers can’t seek extra pay for COVID risk: court … Another state considers $25 healthcare worker minimum wage … 2 jurors removed from Hollywood nursing home trial but case continues …...
Is this job demeaning? That’s up for a judge to decide
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 15, 2023
An appellate judge in Illinois is in a position to right a very old wrong, to elevate the status of nursing home caregivers — and do so with legal authority.
As CMS tightens vise on Medicare Advantage, providers argue for even more help
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 15, 2023
Forty-five days after proposing changes that attempt to rein in some of the most-criticized practices of Medicare Advantage plans, federal officials now must filter through nearly 1,000 formal comments.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Feb. 15
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 15, 2023
Hospital back-ups mount in Montana after loss of 800 skilled nursing beds … COVID infection increases diabetes risk By 66%: study … Charlotte hospital reopens SNF unit that served as COVID wing for...
Feds blur nursing home ownership lines with new transparency rule: critics
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 14, 2023
Some nursing home owners and advocates on Monday criticized federal officials for lumping together private equity investors and healthcare-focused real estate investment trusts in its yearlong focus on...