LTC led all of healthcare in mergers and acquisitions during the third quarter … CCRC segments see higher occupancy than same segments in freestanding communities … Second bomb threat called in to...
Provider claims victory in ‘blockbuster’ battle with state regulators
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 26, 2018
A Maryland skilled care provider has settled a long-running court dispute with state officials, agreeing to halt operations and pay back a small portion of what state regulators had originally sought.
Genesis leads in new analysis of nursing home chains
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 26, 2018
Eight of the top 10 top nursing home operators are based in the states of New York and Pennsylvania, with Genesis continuing to command the market, according to a new analysis of the nation’s nursing...
Operator must pay $465,000 to settle pregnancy and disability discrimination charges
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 26, 2018
A Western New York skilled care provider has agreed to pay $465,000 to settle charges that it discriminated against pregnant and disabled employees.
Also in the News for Friday, Oct. 26
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 26, 2018
State officials, parents of children who died in pediatric long-term care facility seek answers after deadly viral outbreak … Judge blocks release of former nurse’s aide, half of ‘Lethal Lovers’...
Nursing homes feeling the squeeze after feds release new quality data online
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 25, 2018
The federal government on Wednesday released new data on the quality of care delivered in skilled nursing facilities, ratcheting up pressure on providers to improve outcomes.
Medicare Advantage steers nursing home residents to networks but doesn’t improve outcomes, Brown study...
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 25, 2018
A new analysis out of Brown University asserts that, while Medicare Advantage plans appear to direct patients to specific skilled nursing facilities, there has been no marked improvement in patient outcomes...
Researchers should be ‘embarrassed’ for claim of $1B Medicaid overpayment to nursing homes, exec...
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 25, 2018
Provider groups are lambasting a new economic study that claims that nursing homes were overpaid by $1 billion in Medicaid dollars, saying its publisher should be “embarrassed.”
Also in the News for Thursday, Oct. 25
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 25, 2018
Nursing home where seven children died previously cited for infection control deficiencies … California expanding program that aims to keep low-income seniors out of SNFs … Provider sued after employees...
Six children dead in ‘severe’ viral outbreak at LTC facility
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 24, 2018
Six children have died in what officials are calling a “severe” viral outbreak at one New Jersey long-term care facility.