Medicare Advantage provider paying $30M to settle upcoding allegations … First-ever index will measure treatment of LGBTQ residents in long-term care … CMS must address 15-year gap in oversight of...
CMS pulls back curtain on how hospital innovators are picking SNF partners
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 15, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is providing skilled nursing facilities with a peek into how some top hospitals are picking preferred skilled nursing partners, with some developing scorecards...
Providers dodge bullet on mandated staffing bill, but state will study nurse-to-patient ratios
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 15, 2019
New York nursing home advocates are breathing a sigh of relief, with the state deciding to first study provider staffing ratios over the next eight months instead of making an immediate mandate to hire...
Nursing home not liable for alleged assault of resident with dementia, court rules
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 15, 2019
A Pennsylvania skilled nursing facility is not at fault for the alleged sexual assault of one of its residents, a U.S. District Court Judge has determined.
Also in the News for Monday, April 15
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 15, 2019
SNF incident triggers bill aimed at increasing punishment for those who share humiliating images of seniors … Nursing facility must pay $25,000 for allegedly refusing to accommodate CNA’s pregnancy-related...
More than 50% of dual-eligibles end up in low-rated SNFs, study finds
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 12, 2019
Older adults who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid are more likely to wind up in low-quality skilled nursing facilities, and their education and distance from quality skilled nursing facilities...
With Supreme Court reversal, nursing home may be able to claim ‘charitable immunity’ after all
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 12, 2019
An Arkansas nursing home hoping to claim immunity from a lawsuit because of its charitable status may have new life, thanks to a new ruling from the state’s highest court.
Nursing home successfully neutralizes bomb threat, will update lockdown procedures
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 12, 2019
Everyone is safe at a Connecticut nursing facility following a bomb scare Tuesday, but officials at the center said they have learned from the matter and are establishing new lockdown procedures.
Also in the News for Friday, April 12
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 12, 2019
State’s struggling nursing home industry would get $30 million in proposed House budget … Tennessee House passes controversial Medicaid block-grant plan … Meanwhile, healthcare advocates slam ‘harmful’...
Providers rebut conclusions drawn in long-term care suicide article
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 11, 2019
Nursing home industry advocates are rebuking a Kaiser Health News report claiming that large numbers of seniors are “quietly” committing suicide in facilities across the country.