Azria Health closes four Nebraska SNFs due to ‘poor financial performance’ one week after acquiring them … CMS releases utilization, payment public use files for post-acute care, hospice providers...
CMS should ensure quality measures actually match strategic objectives, OIG report asserts
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 23, 2019
A federal watchdog wants the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to get better at ensuring its quality measures actually match its strategic objectives aimed at improving care quality and reducing...
House passes bill prohibiting pre-dispute arbitration
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 22, 2019
Providers could soon be in for another fight after legislation seeking to prohibit pre-dispute arbitration agreements passed Friday in the U.S. House, 225-186.
Lawmakers look to protect non-emergency Medicaid transportation benefit
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 22, 2019
Several U.S. lawmakers are looking to protect a Medicaid transportation benefit frequently used by nursing home residents as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services considers rolling back the protection.
Final pre-PDPM updates to RAI Manual released
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 19, 2019
The last big puzzle piece for providers and stakeholders preparing for the transition to the Patient-Driven Payment Model has been put in place.
Skilled nursing and assisted living may get stronger abuse-reporting requirements
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 19, 2019
Never wanting to follow too closely in skilled nursing’s regulatory footsteps, assisted living professionals soon may not have a choice when it comes to elder-abuse reporting.
Nursing homes carefully evaluating ‘unprecedented’ Medicaid block grant proposal
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 18, 2019
The recent unveiling on an “unprecedented” state proposal to convert its Medicaid program into a block grant system has a Tennessee provider advocate on high alert as it evaluates the plan’s possible...
Most Florida nursing homes now meet generator requirements, official proclaims
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 18, 2019
Four out of every five Florida nursing homes have now installed either permanent or temporary generators to comply with a new law, said the head of Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration.
California AG criticizes proposals to ease nursing home operators’ burdens
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 18, 2019
California’s attorney general is pushing back against a proposed federal rule aimed at removing excessive burdens for long-term care providers.
Nursing homes, administration reach deal over federal arbitration rule
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 16, 2019
A federal rule that prohibits long-term care facilities from requiring residents to sign a binding arbitration agreement as a requirement for receiving care could be delayed for some nursing facilities,...