SCOTUS ruling clears way for more cases, big verdicts against nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 09, 2023
Nursing homes under county or state control could see an explosion of lawsuits following a Thursday US Supreme Court ruling maintaining the right of nursing home residents and their survivors to sue in...
OIG urges CMS to use claims to uncover abuse of Medicare patients
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 10, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has pledged to issue new guidance on resident abuse after a federal watchdog found the agency was failing to use claims data to spot potential cases of neglect...
Campaign seeks to cut through ‘politicking though fear’ in nursing home staffing debate
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2024
For the second spring in a row, Washington, DC, is blanketed not by delicate cherry blossoms but by bold and inescapable messaging on a nursing home staffing mandate.
60 Seconds With … Kathleen Unroe, MD
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2024
You’ve created an app to help make hospital discharge information more accessible to nursing home nurses. Why is this issue so important?
Surveyors haven’t dropped the hammer on new nursing home arbitration rules, but threats persist
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2024
Two years after surveyors began enforcing new arbitration rules, they have not pursued skilled nursing operators with the vigor some expected.
Inflation kills another nursing home effort to upgrade infrastructure
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 13, 2023
The developers of a major nursing home project are pulling the plug for now, another victim of inflationary and regulatory pressures plaguing the sector.
Residents, staff make run-up to school smoother for 1,100 children
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 17, 2022
More than a thousand students are ready to run back to schools in Lancaster, PA, on Monday, thanks to the efforts of residents and employees at Willow Valley Communities.
CareOne, HealthBridge ordered to pay 12 years’ back wages to striking workers they replaced
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Kimberly Marselas
May 31, 2024
The owner and manager of six Connecticut nursing homes must pay up to 700 former employees replaced during a 2012 strike for up to 12 years of back pay, a federal judge ruled this week.
BREAKING: New CMS ownership proposal targets private equity, REITs and related parties
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Kimberly Marselas
James M. Berklan
Feb 13, 2023
The Department of Health and Human Service this afternoon proposed a new nursing home ownership disclosure rule intended to make more clear ownership and management operations of facilities.
Drug pricing efforts threaten ‘very existence’ of LTC pharmacies: reps
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 11, 2024
President Biden in his State of the Union address last week vowed to end “Big Pharma’s” grip on prescription drug pricing and cut costs for seniors and taxpayers by another $200 million.