Specialist visits to nursing homes could increase under doc pay rule proposal
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 12, 2024
A proposal tucked into the physician fee schedule issued last week includes a new payment mechanism that could improve follow-up care in nursing homes for post-surgical patients, including those with hip...
Also in the News for Monday, July 15, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 12, 2024
CMS update intended to rectify editing error for claim resubmissions … GOP calls for agency regulation review in wake of Supreme Court overturning of Chevron doctrine … Pennsylvania budget includes...
Dietitians urge CMS to keep extra pay for malnourished nursing home residents
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 11, 2024
Dietitians who work with nursing home patients are urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to remove critical coding that helps identify seniors either with malnutrition or at risk for...
Also in the News for Friday, July 12, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 11, 2024
New KFF data illustrates growing reliance on immigrant RNs … Genworth launches first new LTC insurance model in 5 years … Report: STD infections grew fastest in older adults from 2020 to 2023 … Monthly...
Docs, therapists to see pay cut but caregivers score in ’25 physician pay rule
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2024
Doctors, therapists and others billing under the physician fee schedule would see an average 2.93% reduction in Medicare pay next year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed Wednesday.
Frustration, fury: Lawmakers renew push as new report skewers drug middlemen on pricing
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2024
An interim report issued by federal officials this week excoriated pharmacy sales middlemen over business practices that have grossly inflated drug prices — and made it harder for long-term care pharmacists...
Also in the News for Thursday, July 11, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2024
HHS proposes interoperability rule with two new sets of certification criteria … Harris poll shows healthcare workers still struggling with personal finances … Nursing home staff, deputies honored...
Five percent: good enough for them, but not for you
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2024
It’s a question that begs to be asked: Just how much must skilled nursing providers raise pay to appease lawmakers demanding higher wages?
After ‘offensive’ attack, Parkinson and Sloan push lawmakers for solutions, not shame
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 09, 2024
The two largest organizations representing US nursing homes this week fired back against a pair of influential lawmakers who have tried to paint industry efforts to stop a minimum staffing rule as motivated...
Also in the News for Wednesday, July 10, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 09, 2024
FHCA awards $70K in scholarships to LTC staff … New state law allows RNs to work before passing licensing exam … One-third of Parkinson’s patients show cognitive symptoms shortly after diagnosis:...