A former aide at a Pennsylvania nursing home charged with abuse last week had begun filing a defamation suit against the facility and its parent company in March, according to her attorney.
Providers voice concerns about bundled payment proposal
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Sep 10, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposal to bundle payments for hip and knee replacements is “premature,” according to comments from the American Health Care Association...
PharMerica, Kindred settle in Amgen kickback lawsuit
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John Hall
Aug 24, 2015
PharMerica Corp. and Kindred Healthcare have agreed in principle to out-of-court settlements in a whistleblower suit that implicated the companies in alleged massive kickback schemes involving a popular...
Assembling a well-coordinated medication management team requires solid communication, collaboration and convergence of clinical professionals
Resident deaths due to ‘widespread system failures,’ Hollywood Hills tells Congress
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Nov 21, 2017
The House committee tasked with investigating the deaths of 14 nursing home residents following Hurricane Irma should “resist the urge to vilify or demonize” staff of the facility, an attorney...
LeadingAge, advocacy groups call on Trump to preserve nursing home-related ACA provisions
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Jan 12, 2017
LeadingAge joined 71 other non-profit aging organizations this week in urging President-elect Donald Trump to retain nursing home quality standards within the Affordable Care Act.
OIG slams insufficient Medicare documentation, especially from nursing homes
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Elizabeth Newman
May 16, 2016
The reported error rate for Medicare Fee-for-Service in fiscal year 2015 was 12.09%, well above the compliance threshold of 10%, a new government report finds.
Residents drop suit, team up with ManorCare to sue hospital in hepatitis C case
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Mar 09, 2016
Residents of a North Dakota HCR ManorCare nursing home hit by hepatitis C have dropped their lawsuit — and in turn joined the large provider chain in suing the hospital that provided phlebotomy and podiatry...
$1.3 million settlement marks second recent deal over SNF supervision of therapy providers
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 16, 2014
A Maryland nursing home company has agreed to a $1.3 million settlement over charges that it did not prevent overbilling by its contracted therapy provider, federal authorities announced Monday. This is...