Once-faltering Consulate wins big under new state formula
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Kimberly Marselas
May 15, 2019
Despite questions about the fairness of a new state funding formula, the Florida Health Care Association says redistribution of Medicaid dollars should help facilities that have struggled with performance...
OIG: Medicare needs to do more to prevent fraud and waste related to chiropractic care
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 20, 2018
Previous controls have not done enough to reduce fraud and waste in connection to chiropractic care for Medicare patients, according to a review issued by a federal watchdog Friday.
HHS: Feds will push for drug negotiation after all
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Kimberly Marselas
May 15, 2018
Though President Donald Trump’s drug blueprint glossed over drug price negotiations, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Monday morning that changes are on the horizon.
1,650 workers at nursing homes in receivership finally get paid
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2018
A court-appointed receiver has doled out paychecks to 1,650 workers at 31 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Nebraska.
Kindred wins court battle as voting starts today on sale to Humana, equity partners
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2018
A Delaware court has ruled in Kindred Healthcare’s favor, rejecting a lawsuit by a large shareholder on the eve of a scheduled vote on the company’s three-way sale.
Diversicare, therapists hit with $1.4M settlement over moonlighting allegations
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 13, 2023
Diversicare Healthcare Services and two occupational therapists have agreed to pay nearly $1.4 million to resolve claims that the provider “condoned” therapists who clocked into nursing homes and then...
Providers receive two-year reprieve on non-emergency transport coverage
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 25, 2019
A month after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services planned to repeal a requirement that state Medicaid programs cover transportation for non-emergency medical care, the agency still has not acted....
Hippos and tigers and giraffes, oh my!
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 13, 2018
Over the last year or so, activities director Randie Duretz has formed a fast friendship with Connie Stine, 69, and her animals.
Court orders attorney to pay nursing home legal fees in ‘frivolous’ False Claims case
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 07, 2024
An attorney who brought a False Claims case against a Mississippi long-term care provider using publicly available — and later disproven — information must pay the facility’s legal fees, a court...
Senators want to know: Will vets be pulled from state-run VA facilities over vaccine mandates?
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 29, 2021
Missouri Sens. Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley, both Republicans, are demanding answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs on how veterans in long-term care facilities could be impacted by federal COVID-19...