False Claims Act suit could affect CMS overpayment rule
By
John Hall
Mar 30, 2015
A complex argument over how to identify Medicaid overpayments could be why the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services postponed its pending rule on waiting periods for overpayment resolution, a Washington,...
Supreme Court declines review of Medicare hospice cap case
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Oct 04, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to weigh on a case debating Medicare’s controversial payment cap for hospice treatment.
The Right Place announces SaaS offering
Dec 09, 2015
The Right Place has created its first commercial SaaS offering for skilled nursing facilities.
Grant preparation costs $270K, nursing researchers estimate
Oct 13, 2015
Nursing researchers may spend up to four 40-hour weeks and more than $270,000 in costs preparing for a single National Institutes of Health grant application, a new study shows.
Assisted living operators caught in $63 million mental health billing scam
By
McKnight's Staff
Nov 01, 2012
A pair of Miami-area assisted living facility owners are the latest to be caught in an alleged $63 billion Medicare and Medicaid billing scam, federal authorities say. Ivon Perez and Raymond Rivero admitted...
HCR ManorCare disputes profit report, wants $91.5 million negligence award lowered or tossed
Nov 08, 2011
Errors made during a nursing home negligence trial have prompted an attorney for HCR ManorCare to ask a judge to grant a new trial, lower the initial award or toss the case entirely.
New C. difficile drug is one step closer to approval
Apr 07, 2011
A new antibiotic designed to treat the diarrhea that accompanies Clostridium difficile won unanimous support from a government medical panel convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Medicare coordinated-care pilot programs fail to live up to expectations, study finds
Feb 12, 2009
Most Medicare test programs designed to cut costs and keep elderly patients with one or more chronic conditions out of the hospital have failed, according to a recently published analysis of such programs.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has cleared the way for the submission of a healthcare refinancing package worth approximately $1 billion. Properties in the portfolio are part of the former...
Sunrise plays defense as share price hits new low
Nov 21, 2008
Sunrise Senior Living Inc. took some defensive action to avert a potential takeover after its stock hit a new low this week, plummeting to $0.38 per share, a news report said.