CMS may seek $225 million in uncollected Medicaid overpayments
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 25, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should press states to repay about $225 million in Medicaid overpayments accrued over a 10-year period, according to a recent report from the Department of...
HHS awards states $285 million to support formation of innovative care and payment models
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 25, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services will award $285 million for 25 states to innovate healthcare delivery and payment systems, the agency announced on Feb. 21. In many of these states, long-term...
Government to step up HIPAA enforcement, release new compliance tools
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 22, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will expand Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act enforcement efforts in the next two years, according to OCR Director...
After persistent citations, California nursing home company agrees to hire more staff, pay for oversight
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 20, 2013
A California nursing home operator must increase staffing levels, improve quality of care and pay for an independent monitor, according to a recent settlement with the state’s Office of the Attorney...
AHCA praises bipartisan effort to repeal SNF therapy caps
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 19, 2013
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living came out in support of bipartisan legislation to permanently repeal Medicare Part B therapy caps for skilled nursing facilities....
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...
ACOs, bundled payment groups ‘becoming the face of American medicine,’ Sebelius says
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 13, 2013
Accountable care organizations and bundled payment initiatives are harbingers of the future healthcare system in the United States, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a speech...
Tech-savvy nursing homes improve care coordination and resident privacy, researcher states
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 11, 2013
Health information technology helps nursing homes coordinate care and protect resident privacy, according to a leading researcher on the impact of health IT.
I couldn’t live without … Xerox data center hosting
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 01, 2013
Having outgrown their previous hosting provider, Texas-based Harden Healthcare went looking for a new solution. The organization found it in Xerox, which is now hosting Harden Healthcare’s data center,...
Proposed CMS rule could give some nursing homes extra time to install sprinklers
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 06, 2013
Some nursing homes may be able to get a two-year extension on a requirement to install an automatic sprinkler system, under a rule proposed Monday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.