Medicare should pay skilled nursing facilities and rehab facilities equally for certain treatments, MedPAC...
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 16, 2014
Skilled nursing facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities should receive the same payments for treating certain conditions, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommended in its latest report...
Device theft continues to be the major cause of HIPAA violations, government agency reports
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 16, 2014
Long-term care providers should keep close tabs on laptops and other equipment, because device theft is still the leading cause of information breaches, according to a recently released government report.
Assisted living worker stole $20,000 by not registering residents, police charge
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 16, 2014
An employee at an Alabama assisted living facility stole about $21,000 by diverting checks from off-the-books residents, authorities charge.
Nursing homes achieved 40% pressure ulcer reduction by working with Medicare quality organizations, new...
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 13, 2014
Nursing homes dramatically reduced pressure ulcer rates and restraint use in the last three years by participating in Medicare Quality Improvement Organization initiatives, according to new government...
The calculation method for Medicare readmissions penalties should be risk-adjusted so that providers do not lose money for serving the sickest, poorest seniors, a bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers...
Nursing home owner facing $3 million Medicaid bill gets jail time for financial misdeed
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 12, 2014
A former nursing home owner who faces criminal charges and allegedly owes millions to Medicaid has been sentenced to 90 days in jail, Iowa officials announced Wednesday.
CNA’s father gets 7-year sentence in nursing home identity theft case
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 11, 2014
A Florida man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a tax fraud that victimized nursing home residents and involved his daughter, a certified nursing assistant, federal and state authorities...
Flood of bad CPR news raises quality concerns
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 10, 2014
McKnight’s news stories can be a good source of ideas for quality improvement projects, long-term care attorney Janet K. Feldkamp recently told a webcast audience. Looking at our recent items, I’d...
Staff interaction habits are holding back nursing home quality improvement, researchers find
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 10, 2014
Nursing homes can improve resident care and staff satisfaction by changing the usual way that workers interact with each other, suggests newly published research from investigators at a handful of academic...
Condom in resident’s stomach leads to charges against IL nursing home
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 09, 2014
A Chicago-area nursing home resident allegedly suffered from a condom lodged in his stomach, leading to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court.