Bipartisan lawmakers revive observation stay legislation pushed by nursing homes
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 14, 2019
Industry advocates are praising proposed legislation that says patients under “observation status” at a hospital would be eligible to satisfy Medicare’s three-day requirement necessary for skilled...
SNF occupancy continues to stabilize, with rural providers feeling the pinch, NIC finds
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 14, 2019
Nursing home use may be finally stabilizing after years of precipitous declines, according to new data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Wrong choice in nursing home can cause ‘devastating consequences,’ new report says
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 14, 2019
Enhancing transparency and improving the planning process before hospital discharge are among recommendations in a new report on improving post-acute care transitions.
Also in the News for Thursday, March 14
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 14, 2019
Physician group’s resolution suggests using ‘comfort feeding’ for certain residents with dementia … Vendor receives prison time, ordered to pay back $9.4M for fraudulent wound care services …...
11% of Trump Medicare cuts would directly hit seniors, budget analysis shows
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 13, 2019
With the dust still settling over the Trump administration’s 2020 budget, a new analysis may make providers less worried.
Watchdog faults state for failing to reinvest penalty dollars back into SNF care
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 13, 2019
A new investigation by a federal watchdog finds that one state is not doing enough to expend penalty dollars that it’s collecting from nursing homes.
Nursing homes hope staffing bill opens door for more use of specialists
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 13, 2019
Proposed legislation in Florida would drop the amount of certified nurse aide care that providers must supply, giving them flexibility to deploy other professionals — a change that has two nursing home...
Also in the News for Wednesday, March 13
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 13, 2019
CMS, CDC announce free online infection prevention training for nursing homes … Sweden to serve 3D-printed food to SNF residents … Providers forbidding pot use, for fear of losing Medicare, Medicaid...
How one provider is leaving its comfort zone to serve a new population
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 12, 2019
One New York nursing home is taking resident-centered care to a whole new level, announcing an expansion of its unit geared toward a specific segment of its community.
Trump budget proposal takes big whack at Medicaid and Medicare
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 12, 2019
President Trump is proposing drastic cuts to nursing homes’ biggest payer source that could amount to more than $1 trillion over the next decade.