Feds issue new guidance on Immediate Jeopardy penalties on eve of Senate hearing exploring nursing home...
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 06, 2019
With one of its top officials set to testify before the Senate today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made a pre-emptive strike to show that it’s addressing nursing home safety concerns.
Labor Board strikes blow to unions, ruling that nonmembers can’t be forced to pay for lobbying expenses
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 05, 2019
Healthcare unions have been dealt a defeat with the National Labor Relations Board ruling that nonmembers cannot be forced to pay for labor groups’ lobbying fees.
Nursing homes will be in crosshairs of Senate hearing on abuse next week
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 01, 2019
The Senate Finance Committee is planning to hold a hearing on nursing home abuse next week, aiming to increase pressure on the industry to address safety issues.
Study: SNFs should step into residents’ shoes when creating sexual intimacy policies
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 01, 2019
Researchers are prodding nursing home administrators to take a more resident-centered approach to developing sexual intimacy policies in their facilities, and they have info from a new survey to assist.
Nursing home fired aide on her second day because she was pregnant, state alleges
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 01, 2019
A New Jersey nursing facility fired an employee on her second day of work after finding out that she was pregnant, the state’s attorney general alleged Wednesday.
Universal long-term care coverage included in House Democrats’ new Medicare-for-all plan
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 28, 2019
House Democrats unveiled a plan this week that would offer all Americans a government insurance plan option that would provide coverage for long-term services at no cost.
Also in the News for Thursday, Feb. 28
By
Marty Stempniak
Feb 28, 2019
Legislators renew efforts to change tort laws in state, aiming to limit future legal damages … Senator says bill could be game changer for Texas’ struggling nursing homes … South Dakota legislators...
Data expert strips down PDPM myths, truths
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James M. Berklan
Feb 25, 2019
Long-term care professionals have been diligently cramming to prepare for a new skilled nursing reimbursement system in October, but a data expert had a sobering observation for presentation attendees...
CMS improperly paid $84M for skilled nursing services, government watchdog says
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 21, 2019
The federal government likely overpaid about $84 million for improper skilled nursing services during a two-year period, according to a new report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General.
Senator wants minimum staff-to-patient ratios as condition of obtaining state nursing home licenses
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 21, 2019
A Kentucky state senator wants to force local nursing homes to establish minimum staff-to-patient ratios as a condition of receiving their operating licenses.