Providers call on CMS to delay RoP Phase 3 requirements, citing ‘lack of guidance’
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Danielle Brown
Oct 21, 2019
With little more than a month before some Phase 3 measures are set to take effect, providers are calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay enforcement of all measures under the final...
Medicare review challenges receive class action certification
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Jun 15, 2015
Six Medicare beneficiaries whose appeal cases were delayed beyond 90 days will have their challenges tried as one nationwide class action suit.
PET scans for Alzheimer’s rejected for Medicare pay
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James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2013
Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services released an action plan for tackling Alzheimer’s diagnostics, treatment and funding.
Long-term care nurses gain power through physician assessment tool: expert
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 16, 2013
Long-term care nurses should embrace a physician assessment tool in INTERACT II as a way to reduce hospital readmissions, a compliance expert emphasizes.
AG revives ‘false advertising’ fight against Golden Living
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 06, 2017
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has attempted to revive a lawsuit that claims nursing home giant Golden LivingCenters was guilty of “false advertising” for its services.
Medicare appeals backlog to be fixed by 2020, HHS says
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James M. Berklan
Dec 06, 2016
Federal health officials say tweaks to the system will enable them to eradicate a massive backlog of Medicare decision appeals in 2019. They made the prediction in a court brief filed in U.S. District...
CMS proposal would change Medicare, Medicaid eligibility
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Phil Brahm
Jun 15, 2016
Infection prevention, more protections against patient discrimination and readmission data are among the areas up for changes in a proposal the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services has made for hospitals...
Massachusetts proposes $35.5 million boost for SNF worker pay, hires 19 new facility inspectors
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Apr 15, 2016
Massachusetts lawmakers made moves this week to help increase wages and benefits for workers, as well as increasing oversight, in the states’ 400-plus skilled nursing facilities.
Administrators gain control with new technology suite
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 04, 2016
A new product to track information technology infrastructure and see what assets are connected to a company network could help long-term care administrators increase patient privacy.
Report slams NY’s biggest for-profit nursing home group
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Oct 29, 2015
New York’s largest for-profit nursing home group has come under fire in a new report from ProPublica, which alleges the company continues to flourish and grow despite a history of violations and...