Mother, son arrested for running makeshift nursing home
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Nov 30, 2015
A mother and son have been arrested for allegedly operating an unlicensed nursing home out of their central Indiana duplex.
Court shuts down provider’s request for review of case that led to $33,000 fine
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Dec 21, 2016
A Texas skilled nursing facility won’t receive a review of a decision from the Department of Health and Human Services that levied a nearly $33,000 civil monetary penalty.
Hospice can pay SNFs for dual eligibles, feds say
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Jul 29, 2016
Federal health officials have given a green light to a hospice provider’s proposal to make supplemental payments to skilled nursing facilities for dual eligible patients.
No wish is too big
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Jan 04, 2016
You could call Kara Ball the fairy godmother of Cambridge Place Skilled Nursing Facility in Lexington, KY.
Aetna’s $37 billion Humana deal driven by value-based care push
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Jul 07, 2015
Value-based care and increased enrollment in Aetna’s Medicare Advantage program figure to be two of the biggest winners thanks to the insurance giant’s recently announced $37 billion acquisition...
U.S. Supreme Court will review Kindred arbitration case
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Oct 31, 2016
A case involving the validity of arbitration agreements used in Kindred Healthcare facilities will get its day before the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a memo released Friday.
A crowning achievement
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Nov 05, 2015
Sylvia Holland didn’t expect to get too far when she entered the race for Ms. Alabama Nursing Home.
Court upholds NLRB union ‘ambush elections’ rule
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Aug 03, 2015
A U.S. district court has dismissed a lawsuit aimed at overturning a National Labor Relations Board rule that could speed up union elections.
Employee injury rates up in state-run skilled nursing facilities
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Nov 09, 2017
Nursing facilities ranked as the most injury- and illness-prone state-run workplace in 2016, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Lawmakers: CMS has no vision for Innovation Center ‘beyond undermining Medicare’
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Sep 22, 2017
Democratic lawmakers lashed out on Wednesday against news that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is planning to take its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation in a “new direction.”