Nursing home complaint investigations create clearer quality picture: study
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 08, 2023
Researchers have found that a new, complaint-focused quality metric would better represent the needs of residents and family consumers searching nursing home ratings.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Feb. 8
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 08, 2023
Physicians, lawyers call for more DOJ referrals when nursing homes deny access to opioid disorder patients … Shedding meds before post-acute stay is best fix for polypharmacy: study … Four nursing...
As goes Texas?
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 07, 2023
What happens to Texas Medicaid rates between now and the end of May could either save or sink skilled nursing providers. But what happens in Texas surely won’t stay in Texas.
Flynt promoted to director of convention and brand experience
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 07, 2023
LeadingAge Florida has promoted Magdalen Flynt to director of convention and brand experience.
Addressing Medicaid rates key to minimum staffing mandate: study
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 06, 2023
Requiring nursing homes to spend a specific share of revenues on direct care alone won’t guarantee that facilities are “adequately” staffed, a new study finds.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Feb. 7
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 07, 2023
Strike threat looms in rural New York … Manslaughter trial starts in case of Hollywood, FL, hurricane deaths … These Medicare Advantage firms were most likely to deny prior authorizations … Water...
Increasing skilled mix fuels Ensign growth
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 06, 2023
Ensign Group notched another record quarter for earnings and an eighth consecutive quarter of overall occupancy growth, company leaders reported during a Friday earnings call covering 2022 year-end results.
Also in the News for Monday, Feb. 6
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 06, 2023
GAO: CMS transparency efforts don’t allow enough insight into nursing home ownership … 14 major consumer organizations press CMS for nursing home staffing mandate … Athena president outlines staffing...
Flurry of Medicare Advantage regulation likely to hit nursing home coffers
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 03, 2023
Federal efforts to rein in Medicare Advantage spending and recoup payments awarded for improper diagnoses will likely lead to even more financial pressure on nursing homes that serve plan beneficiaries,...
Former Atrium CEO, operator charged in $407 million fraud scheme
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 03, 2023
An operator behind Atrium Health and Senior Living and a former top executive were indicted Wednesday on an extensive list of healthcare fraud, tax fraud and money laundering offenses, the Department of...