Divergent thinking encouraged at LeadingAge spring meeting
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 15, 2016
The top policy priorities for LeadingAge are advanced financing reform, affordable housing, navigating payment reform and workforce development, the organization’s president and CEO said Monday,...
Governor says liability caps are OK
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 04, 2004
Oklahoma has a new medical liability reform law that caps non-economic damages in medical liability cases at $300,000. Gov. Brad Henry signed the tort reform bill into law Tuesday.
Trump commutes Esformes’ sentence
By
Liza Berger
Feb 01, 2021
President Trump in late December commuted the sentence of Philip Esformes, the former skilled nursing facility owner who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a case that the federal government...
Esformes gets 20 years
Oct 18, 2019
FLORIDA — Long-term care businessman Philip Esformes was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of running a $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme through his network of nursing homes. ...
Tort reform on back burner?
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 02, 2011
Medical liability reform is unlikely to pass in Congress this year, said Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX).
Senate HELP Committee passes Kennedy bill; providers worry about companion House plan
Jul 17, 2009
As fallout from the House healthcare reform plan continued to rain down Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passed its own reform proposal.
Judge orders SNF owner charged in $1 billion fraud ring to be held without bond
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Oct 05, 2016
A Florida nursing home operator charged as the ringleader of a record-setting Medicare fraud scheme will continue to be held without bond, a federal judge said in a final ruling issued last week.
HealthMEDX forms MAB
Jul 24, 2013
HealthMEDX announced a new Medical Advisory Board made up of physicians in post-acute facilities, health systems and private practice.
Long-term care reform hearing focuses on dual eligibles, home-based services
Mar 05, 2009
Public and private sector officials convened Wednesday to discuss the important role long-term care reform could play in a grander, overall healthcare reform scheme.
Providers rip Medicaid Commission report
By
Haymarket Media
Jan 05, 2007
Medicaid reform recommendations issued by a federal panel come up short on the issue of financing reform, says the leader of the nation’s second-largest nursing home association.