AHCA joins lawmakers in drive for greater flexibility dealing with new requirements of participation
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Oct 06, 2017
The American Health Care Association is throwing its weight behind lawmakers’ efforts to convince the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to revise the upcoming requirements of participation...
Aide intending to sue SNF hit with abuse charges
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May 09, 2016
A former aide at a Pennsylvania nursing home charged with abuse last week had begun filing a defamation suit against the facility and its parent company in March, according to her attorney.
NIC: Skilled nursing occupancy rates could hit new lows in 2017
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Jun 09, 2017
Occupancy rates in the skilled nursing sector could sink to new lows this year if current trends continue, according to a report released Thursday by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
Skilled nursing facilities see opportunity as CMS finalizes cancellation of bundled pay models
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Dec 01, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday finalized its previously announced cancellation of mandatory bundled payment models for hip fractures and cardiac care, as well as changes to its...
CCRC ‘drafts’ high school students to help fight staffing woes
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Nov 01, 2017
Atlanta’s Lenbrook community teamed up with national high school program Cristo Rey in 2015 to provide work opportunities for students, in exchange for helping pay their tuition.
States ramping up efforts to shift care out of SNFs to control Medicaid costs
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Oct 14, 2016
Nearly every state is pushing to move more long-term care services to home or community-based settings as an effort to rein in Medicaid spending, a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows.
A coalition of consumer groups and lobbyists, boosted by former U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), are calling upon the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to “do the right thing” and end...
Less than half of the providers eligible to use the three-day hospital stay waiver through the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative actually utilize it, a new report shows.
CMS looking to take Innovation Center in ‘new direction’ with focus on flexibility, competition
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Sep 21, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is planning on revamping its seven-year-old Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Administrator Seema Verma said on Wednesday.
Antibiotic stewardship mandate demands better leadership and training, experts stress
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Apr 04, 2017
Long-term care leaders learned seven core elements of a successful antibiotic stewardship program Monday at the ACHCA annual convocation Monday. The key is to look up, on expert said.