Verma touts ACO success, while post-acute players simmer
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2019
Despite long-term care leaders’ concerns about not getting a fair share of the pie, ACOs continue to be the apple of the administration’s eye. Figures released Monday show ACO saved federal...
DOJ’s drive for more criminal charges in nursing home cases draws provider resistance
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 30, 2019
Providers are pushing back against an effort by the Department of Justice that would allow criminal charges to be brought against nursing home providers and staff members accused of abuse and fraud in...
Providers still scrambling to adjust as PDPM officially arrives
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 30, 2019
The wait is now over and the Patient-Driven Payment Model has officially arrived. One organization believes many skilled nursing providers still aren’t prepared for the change despite months of preparation.
‘False and misleading’ marketing of drug to LTC providers to cost pharma company nearly $96M
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 29, 2019
A California-based pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay nearly $96 million to resolve False Claims Act violations for its alleged “false and misleading marketing” of a drug to long-term care providers...
Provider advocate criticizes scope of ‘damning’ state audit
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 29, 2019
A provider advocate is encouraging others to take a deeper look inside an audit report that criticized the Arizona Department of Health Services’ handling of complaints of abuse and neglect in nursing...
Feds keep the heat on nursing homes’ emergency prep training
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 26, 2019
While many providers are catching a break under a new federal rule announced Thursday, nursing homes are going to still be held to a higher standard. They’ll retain the annual requirement to conduct...
Nursing homes’ lawsuit that challenged exclusion of RNs from complaint survey teams is dismissed
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 26, 2019
A lawsuit by 31 nursing homes challenging a federal rule on the makeup of survey teams that investigates complaints was dismissed in federal court this week.
End of lockouts for in-house CNA training in sight?
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 25, 2019
A skilled nursing advocate is praising a renewed effort by U.S. lawmakers that would allow providers to reinstate certified nursing aide training programs at facilities that have been assessed significant...
Effects of PDPM will be known by first quarter of 2020, HCR ManorCare exec says
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 24, 2019
A top executive for a major skilled nursing company said providers should know by the “first quarter of 2020” how reimbursement will be impacted once the Patient-Driven Payment Model is implemented.
More social workers helps decrease wandering, reduce antipsychotic use in nursing homes, researchers...
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 24, 2019
Researchers are calling for skilled nursing providers to invest more in social services after a study found that facilities with more qualified social workers helped improve behavioral symptoms, like wandering,...