Feds’ latest regulatory wish list hits skilled nursing but could face new obstacles
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 08, 2024
The Department of Health and Human Services is making plans to expand reporting requirements for nursing homes in the event of crimes against residents. The agency also aims to propose a long-awaited update...
Beleaguered Petersen Health lands $136M in bids for its nursing homes
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 08, 2024
A group of four successful bidders is set to buy the assets of major Midwest senior care provider Petersen Health Care, for a total price tag of $136 million.
Consortium building new SNF to combat state’s rising hospital diversions
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 08, 2024
A new $70 million skilled nursing facility takes aim squarely at alleviating the type of hospital patient discharge backlogs that have increasingly plagued healthcare providers across the US. Limited short-term...
Also in the News for Tuesday, July 9, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 08, 2024
OIG updates FAQs on fraud and abuse authority … June job growth ‘solid, but not broad-based’ … Global crisis: Japan sees 81 bankrupt nursing homes in early 2024, while half of Australian nursing...
This is really it! Tuesday is final deadline to enter McKnight’s Tech Awards
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James M. Berklan
Jul 06, 2024
Entrants have until midnight Tuesday (July 9) to get their submissions in for the 2024 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
Pushing the boundaries of care and geography: Sun Mar’s changing regional reputation
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 05, 2024
Three years after joining Sun Mar Healthcare, President Josh Kochek is leaning on years of perspective from the other side of the dealmaking table to expand and transform the California brand.
Even as COVID cases rise, nursing homes losing ground on vaccinations
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 05, 2024
Residents of long-term care facilities are falling further behind in their COVID-19 vaccinations — with the gap being driven by a combination of logistical challenges and increasing skepticism from the...
CMS, Ohio governor approve funding increase for transition to private nursing home rooms
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 05, 2024
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) has announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave its approval for a state program increasing Medicaid reimbursements for nursing home providers that offer...
Also in the News for Monday, July 8, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 05, 2024
New Jersey’s largest hospital system sues HHS over Medicare reimbursement following Chevron ruling … NIH opens trial for nasal COVID vaccine … County board members’ lawsuit halts sale of county...
‘Avalanche’ of healthcare, other legal challenges likely with unraveling of regulatory agency authority
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 02, 2024
A trio of high-profile Supreme Court decisions will likely lead to an “avalanche” of new cases challenging the authority of federal health regulators and other agencies, testing judges’ expertise...