A new federal review process designed to lower the rate of improper government payments is sending provider staffs scurrying to justify their coding.
Nursing homes to feds: Expand COVID-19 testing to all, pay $120K per facility, increase PPE shipments
By
James M. Berklan
May 05, 2020
The nation’s largest nursing home and assisted living association has turned up the pressure on the federal government, sending formal letters to federal authorities Monday asking for priority COVID-19...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, March 14
By
Kristen Fischer
Mar 14, 2024
6 in 10 Austrialians in care take antidepressants … Pneumococcal shot could do double duty to fight viral respiratory infections … Study: Rebounds occurred with both COVID-19 antivirals … Quest stops...
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, July 21
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 21, 2020
Oldest, most frail adults may benefit from hospitalization for COVID-19, study finds … Coronavirus vaccine trial a ‘major breakthrough,’ claims drugmaker … Quest Diagnostics is first to gain...
Former Skyline head Schwartz pleads not guilty in federal tax case
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 09, 2022
Former Skyline Healthcare owner Joseph Schwartz, accused of operating a $29.5 million tax fraud scheme, pleaded not guilty to the allegations in federal court on Monday.
Operator accused of withholding employee raises worth $250,000
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 02, 2022
Connecticut lawmakers are pushing for a state investigation into a nursing home operator accused of not paying 4.5% salary increases after receiving state funding to do so.
Nursing home union wants 30-day delay of COVID vaccine mandate, potential fines
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 18, 2021
Connecticut’s largest union for nursing home workers is urging the state to delay its vaccine mandate deadline in order to give it and providers more time to educate and start inoculating employees...
Low-dose brain radiation improves behavior, cognition in Alzheimer’s pilot study
By
Alicia Lasek
May 04, 2021
Low-dose ionizing radiation may be a promising, although possibly controversial, therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, according to the researchers behind a small new pilot study.
Providers call on CMS to delay RoP Phase 3 requirements, citing ‘lack of guidance’
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 21, 2019
With little more than a month before some Phase 3 measures are set to take effect, providers are calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay enforcement of all measures under the final...
Not all pilot programs save money — this one will cost a provider $8M extra
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 11, 2019
A Texas physicians group must pay the federal government $8 million after a program to decrease costs for Medicare beneficiaries did the opposite, a judge ruled recently.