Florida bill would narrow wrongful death lawsuits against nursing homes
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 09, 2023
Nursing home operators in Florida could see the prospects of wrongful death lawsuits slashed under legislation making its way through the House and Senate.
This nursing home aims to reduce agency dependence by adding housing for local staff
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 09, 2023
A proposed nursing home in a New England resort town will feature a fairly uncommon way to attract staff: 48 units of subsidized housing on a campus shared with dozens of local elders.
13 years of CMS inaction on private-equity facility ownership ‘egregious’: Grassley
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Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 07, 2023
Thirteen years later, US Sen. Charles Grassley has reignited a push to get federal regulators to implement rules to require transparency at long-term care facilities backed by private equity.
Permanent nursing home closures may loom with ‘defining moment’ at hand, providers and union warn
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Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 07, 2023
Labor and management are in lockstep that the 5% Medicaid reimbursement increase proposed by New York’s governor will not do nearly enough to alleviate the pressures facing nursing homes.
OSHA workplace violence program could cost nursing homes tens of thousands at launch
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Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 01, 2023
The nation’s nursing homes can expect to spend a lot more — in excess of $177 million, to be more precise — on assessment and compliance costs under a possible new federal program designed to prevent...
State weighing ‘living wage’ for all nursing home workers
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Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 01, 2023
Companion bills moving through the Massachusetts House and Senate would require that MassHealth — the state’s Medicaid program — reimburse facilities enough to pay all employees a “living wage.”
Becerra visits nation’s largest public nursing home as it fights for recertification
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Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 28, 2023
A top US health official visited the nation’s largest publicly operated nursing home Friday, telling residents to “stay tuned” as they pleaded with him to keep the troubled facility open.
State’s nursing home staffing bonuses will reward even low performers
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Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 27, 2023
In a creative new reward plan being heralded nationwide by many providers, California will pay bonuses to all nursing homes that hire additional staff, reduce turnover, or improve the quality of care —...
Nursing home lawsuit: Management company diverted $1.8 million in COVID relief funds
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Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 24, 2023
Nursing homes can be attractive targets for prosecutors looking for COVID fraud, but aggressive enforcement policies may make it difficult for “good actors” to conduct business, legal observers cautioned...
‘Strong evidence’ more immigrant caregivers improve nursing home quality: researchers
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 22, 2023
Better federal policies to increase the number of immigrants working in nursing homes could help providers get over the hump in meeting expected new staffing requirements, new research shows.