Sixth annual McKnight’s Online Expo returns, better than ever
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 01, 2012
The McKnight’s Online Expo returns for a sixth successful year with five educational webcasts March 21 and 22. After a successful debut last year, a series of six affiliated monthly “Super...
Nursing home faces trailblazing lawsuit over asking workers for family medical histories
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McKnight's Staff
May 29, 2013
A nursing and rehabilitation center violated federal law by asking for workers’ family medical history, a government lawsuit alleges. The suit is one of the first of its kind.
Minimum Data Set information identifying providers will be shared with health plans to fight fraud, CMS...
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McKnight's Staff
May 30, 2013
To combat fraud and abuse, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to make provider-specific Minimum Data Set information available to health plans, according to a notice in Wednesday’s...
Three White House appointees complete Commission on Long-Term Care
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 14, 2013
President Barack Obama has named the final three members of the Commission on Long-Term Care created as part of January’s fiscal cliff deal.
HHS proposes rule to improve consistency of long-term care ombudsman programs
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 18, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration on Aging has proposed a rule to create federal guidelines for long-term care ombudsman programs, to create more uniformity and address...
Experts tell lawmakers: Obama Medicare proposals would hurt long-term care — or maybe not
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McKnight's Staff
May 22, 2013
U.S. lawmakers heard mixed messages at a hearing Tuesday on how proposed Medicare cost-sharing reforms would impact long-term care. The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health focused in particular...
Seventh annual McKnight’s Online Expo promises to be a blockbuster, complete with avatars
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 19, 2013
The seventh annual McKnight’s Online Expo will kick off with five webcasts March 20 and 21. As in the previous six highly successful Expos, this year’s will offer long-term care providers valuable...
CBO won’t have an estimate on Affordable Care Act’s deficit impact prior to House repeal...
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 10, 2012
The Congressional Budget Office is still assessing the impact of the Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act decision on the federal deficit and won’t have an estimate until the end of July. That...
No timeline for official QAPI regulation, but surveyors are learning program basics, CMS official says
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 14, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services still cannot say when an official regulation will be established for the Quality Assessment and Performance Initiative, but that’s not stopping the agency...
Therapy can still benefit older, long-time aphasia sufferers, study shows
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McKnight's Staff
Jan 10, 2013
Therapy can improve language function and general cognition for seniors who have had aphasia for years, according to a recently published study.