Lawmakers go to bat for providers over backlogged Medicare appeals
By
James M. Berklan
May 22, 2014
Angry lawmakers ripped an overwhelmed Medicare appeals process that has wilted under a tenfold increase in audits recently. Federal officials from two key agencies agreed that the Medicare’s Recovery...
Lawmakers shut down proposal to raise nursing home fines to $10,000 per day
By
Jul 05, 2016
A plan to drastically increase fines and oversight in Massachusetts nursing homes was rejected by state lawmakers on Thursday.
State supreme court revives nursing home whistleblower retaliation case
By
Dec 17, 2015
A former nursing home employee who claims she was fired for raising staffing and safety concerns will have her case heard by a jury, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Tuesday.
Editor’s Desk: Staffing lawsuits in the West are ominous signs
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2010
Those rumblings you might have felt recently from the West Coast had nothing to do with earthquakes. They’re the stuff of potential nightmares if you’re a nursing home operator.
Senior care nurses welcome new legislation that addresses violence in the workplace
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 20, 2018
Nurses working in the long-term care field are pleased to see a proposed rule that aims to address violence that can occur in the workplace.
The big picture: Committee hardly super
By
John O'Connor
Dec 01, 2011
Members of Congress used to have a foolproof way of dealing with controversial problems: They’d appoint a commission to look into them.
LeadingAge asks CMS to test new model for integrated senior care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2017
Non-profit association pitches “visionary” community-based approach
Retaliation allegations, false claims dismissed in Agape case
By
Aug 11, 2017
A district court has dismissed retaliation allegations and false claims in a whistleblower lawsuit against a long-term care provider, giving the company a win in a case that has drawn attention for its...
A nursing assistant at an Illinois skilled nursing facility allegedly misread a medical chart and therefore declined to resuscitate a 52-year-old resident prior to her death last year, according to a lawsuit...
SC admits paying providers for putting up with Medicaid application backlog
By
Mar 02, 2017
The South Carolina health department acknowledged to McKnight’s on Tuesday that it was compensating nursing homes for excessive delays by the state in processing Medicaid applications.