SNF staffing data will be submitted quarterly, payroll vendors might be responsible, CMS officials say
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 14, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services soon will begin collecting quarterly staffing information from skilled nursing facilities, albeit on a voluntary basis, an official said during an Open Door...
Long-term care liability costs expected to increase 5%
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 14, 2014
Long-term care providers should prepare for higher liability costs, which are anticipated to increase by 5% on a national basis in 2015, according to an analysis released Thursday by the American Health...
‘Spending down’ for Medicaid is the most practical LTC financing plan for most Americans,...
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 14, 2014
Forgoing long-term care insurance and relying on Medicaid is the smartest financial planning decision for the majority of unmarried Americans, according to investigators at Boston College’s Center...
80% of nursing homes report misleadingly high staffing levels, Center for Public Integrity claims
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 13, 2014
More than 80% of skilled nursing facilities might have inflated registered nurse staffing levels on the Nursing Home Compare website, according to the Center for Public Integrity, a investigative journalism...
Providers, CMS at odds over dual eligible program
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 13, 2014
Some nursing homes and other providers are engaging in “bad behavior” by trying to persuade people to opt-out of a managed care demonstration project, a top government official recently claimed....
Electronic records can reveal which nurses are most effective, researchers say
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 13, 2014
Nursing homes might be able to identify and reward their highest performing nurses by analyzing data, and those with a bachelor’s degree are likely to be in that group, suggest recently published...
Provider networks up for debate among Catholic bishops
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 12, 2014
Catholic healthcare providers are important players in the increasingly integrated U.S. healthcare system, but now church leaders are considering more stringent guidelines for these partnerships.
Supreme Court allows nursing home wrongful death case to proceed
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 12, 2014
A South Carolina woman can continue to pursue a wrongful death action against a nursing home even though she signed an arbitration agreement, according to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Alzheimer’s care is split evenly between homes and facilities, survey finds
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 12, 2014
About half of people with Alzheimer’s reside at a facility and half are being cared for at home, suggest newly released survey results.
MedPAC will recommend site-neutral payments, but not for strokes
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 11, 2014
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is preparing to recommend that skilled nursing facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities receive equal reimbursement for 17 conditions, the panel’s...