Foundation releases 7 recommendations to improve care integration for older adults … State’s Medicaid program expands to pay for hearing-impaired adults’ listening devices … Poor sleep, daytime...
$29 million earmarked for nursing home improvements goes unused for years
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 10, 2019
Almost $29 million in funds — collected from North Carolina nursing homes through civil monetary penalties — has sat mostly untouched for years.
Auditor finds home healthcare changes meant to decrease SNF costs saved far less than predicted
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 10, 2019
Controversial changes to a Missouri program that were aimed at keeping patients out of nursing homes have resulted in tens of millions of dollars less in savings than lawmakers had foreseen.
Former Medicaid administrator pleads guilty to bilking program, dad out of nearly $400,000
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 10, 2019
A former auditor for the state of Nebraska’s Medicaid office has pleaded guilty to bilking both the program and his elderly, nursing home-bound father of about $380,000.
Also in the News for Thursday, Jan. 10
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 10, 2019
LeadingAge details what’s on tap for managed care in 2019, with new regs, leadership on the horizon … Minnesota-based provider Ecumen plans to ‘stay the course’ under new CEO Shelley Kendrick …...
CEO resigns after nursing home patient in decade-long vegetative state gives birth; governor calls incident...
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 09, 2019
The longtime leader of an Arizona long-term care facility resigned Monday, following reports that a patient in a vegetative state was sexually assaulted and recently gave birth to a baby.
Lawmakers demand investigation into rule allowing teens to operate lifts in nursing homes
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 09, 2019
Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren and a handful of other Democratic lawmakers are demanding an investigation into the crafting of a rule that would allow teens to operate lifts in nursing homes.
‘Spaghetti at the wall’ — health information exchange between SNFs, hospitals deemed underused,...
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 09, 2019
Efforts to bolster the exchange of information between skilled nursing facilities and hospitals are producing feeble results.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Jan. 9
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 09, 2019
State issues final order to revoke license of nursing home where 12 died after hurricane … Assessment tools could help long-term care providers reduce end-of-life hospital stays for seniors … Court...
LTC insurance industry is ‘imploding’ as new numbers show chasm in costs for private plans
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 08, 2019
While long-term care insurance options continue to diminish, a new industry report finds a huge spread in costs for virtually identical coverage plans.