Rosewood Senior Living wins big for innovative integration
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Oct 01, 2015
Technology upgrades across ABHOW’s Rosewood Senior Living campus in Bakersfield, CA, helped make maintenance and transportation more efficient, plus boosted resident use of Internet applications.
FBI raids nursing home company headquarters, CEO’s home
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Sep 16, 2015
Federal agents reportedly raided the Indianapolis headquarters of nursing home operator American Senior Communities, as well as the home of its CEO, on Tuesday, according to the Indianapolis Star.
Providers voice concerns about bundled payment proposal
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Sep 10, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposal to bundle payments for hip and knee replacements is “premature,” according to comments from the American Health Care Association...
Ask the Payment Expert about … expedited review
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Patricia Boyer
Sep 04, 2015
The expedited review process was developed so a resident could quickly appeal the process if he or she disagreed when a facility decided that a resident is no longer covered under skilled services.
SNFs can ask for a 3-month reprieve in quality reporting
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John O'Connor
Sep 04, 2015
Skilled nursing facilities unable to provide data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ new quality reporting program will have a 90-day window to request an exception or extension, officials...
Prohibit binding arbitration entirely? CMS was tempted
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James M. Berklan
Sep 04, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is toughening its stance on the use of binding arbitration agreements for nursing home residents and their families. But the agency isn’t being as tough...
State News for September 2015
Sep 04, 2015
MINNESOTA — Differences in the quality of life between white and minority nursing home residents are emerging as more people of color move into long-term care, a new study has found.
Lifting the spirits
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Holly Petrovich
Sep 04, 2015
With resident choice and person-centered care on the rise, some rules and procedures should remain non-negotiable when it comes to lifting, bathing processes
New drug rule could endanger $1.3 billion of Medicare funding
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Sep 02, 2015
The pharmaceutical industry is pushing for a patent law change that could raise federal healthcare costs by $1.3 billion over the next decade.
GAO will investigate Five-Star rating system
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Aug 28, 2015
In a move sure to surprise many providers, the Government Accountability Office will investigate the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Five-Star Quality Rating System, according to a published...