A House committee has started to investigate long-term care insurance policy sellers as a result of their high number of denials for nursing home claims.
Bill would require fingerprint-based checks for new hires
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Haymarket Media
May 22, 2007
By a unanimous vote, the Illinois House passed a bill that would require fingerprint-background checks – instead of the current name-based checks – for nursing home workers and other healthcare...
Congress passes budget blueprint
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Haymarket Media
May 21, 2007
The House and Senate approved a $2.9 trillion budget blueprint for fiscal year 2008 that would not include harsh cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
Feds cancel funding for state Medicaid waiver
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Haymarket Media
Apr 11, 2007
A healthcare program that has insulated Wisconsin from the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug program is set to expire at the end of the year.
Iowa gets go-ahead for Medicaid plan with home care
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Haymarket Media
Apr 10, 2007
The Department of Health and Human Services has given Iowa the green light to add home- and community-based services to its Medicaid plan. Iowa is the first state to receive this type of federal approval.
OIG approves nursing home use of credit card rewards
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Haymarket Media
Apr 05, 2007
A nursing home can use credit card rewards to purchase needed goods and services, according to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.
House passes budget bill without Medicare, Medicaid reductions
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Haymarket Media
Apr 02, 2007
The House late last week approved a $2.9 trillion fiscal year 2008 budget resolution. It does not include millions of dollars in Medicare and Medicaid cuts, as requested by President Bush in his budget...
Sunrise REIT shareholder vote pushed back
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Haymarket Media
Mar 30, 2007
A vote scheduled today for Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust shareholders has been postponed until April 11. Stockholders were scheduled to vote on whether to sell the company to Ventas...
$10 million bond for retirement community scammer
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Haymarket Media
Mar 29, 2007
Bond was set at $10 million Tuesday for a North Carolina woman accused of stealing the financial identities of four residents at an Erickson retirement community in north suburban Chicago. Authorities...
House committee approves budget bill, excluding Medicare and Medicaid cuts
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Haymarket Media
Mar 23, 2007
The House Budget Committee Thursday approved a fiscal year 2008 budget resolution that does not include billions of dollars in Medicare and Medicaid cuts as proposed by President Bush.