National Guard troops evacuate Louisiana nursing home in wake of Isaac
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 30, 2012
Louisiana National Guard troops evacuated 112 nursing home residents Wednesday when storm water from Tropical Storm Isaacs threatened to break a levee near the facility.
Democratic rebuttals to GOP Medicare, Medicaid plans expected at national convention
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 31, 2012
Next week it will be the Democrats’ turn to offer their visions of the future for the Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as other issues that would significantly affect long-term care operators....
AHCA incorporates new rehospitalization measuring tool into Quality Initiative
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 30, 2012
The American Health Care Association announced Thursday that it will employ a new, proprietary methodology for calculating case-mix adjusted hospitalization metrics for its members in its national Quality...
Nursing Home Inspect adds 16,000 deficiency reports to database
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 30, 2012
The developers of the online Nursing Home Inspect updated its database this week to allow consumers to comb through 134,602 nursing home inspection deficiencies.
Republican healthcare platform calls for Medicare and Medicaid overhaul
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 29, 2012
Republican National Convention delegates voted Tuesday on the party’s official platform, which proposes significant structural changes to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. It notably calls for...
Medicare auditors becoming more active, denying more claims, survey shows
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 29, 2012
Requests for medical records by Medicare’s fraud-detecting recovery audit contractors (RACs) jumped sharply from the first- to the second-quarter of fiscal year 2012, a new survey reveals.
CMS extends deadline for state coordinated care initiatives
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 29, 2012
Regulators have extended the deadline by which states can apply for $275 million in grants to help design and test new payment models in Medicare and Medicaid.
GAO: Medicaid eligibility screening for long-term care is inconsistent across states
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 28, 2012
The extent to which states conduct asset verification checks on those seeking Medicaid coverage for long-term care varies greatly by state, a government report finds.
Hand hygiene deficiencies are tied to staffing levels, study finds
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 28, 2012
A spike in the number of hand hygiene deficiencies noted in nursing homes is linked to inadequate staffing levels, new research reveals.
California insurer to pay $320 million to settle overpayment allegations
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 27, 2012
A California health maintenance organization will pay a record $320 million to settle charges that it was overpaid by the state’s Medicaid program over several years.