CMS halts 75% Rule at 60% level, disappointing nursing homes
Aug 11, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a regulation Friday that reduces the 75% Rule pertaining to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to 60%.
Remote monitoring of congestive heart failure and COPD patients may lower readmission rate
Apr 26, 2011
A pilot program using remote medical monitoring for recently hospitalized congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients resulted in a lower readmission rate, Crain’s...
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Feb 06, 2008
Alan Sauber: Senior VP, Govt. & Reg. Affairs, RehabCare Group
SNF rehab claims scrutinized more than ever, expert says
Jul 11, 2012
Nursing home administrators who can’t substantiate every minute of rehab therapy delivered in their building leave themselves open to increasingly common audits and surveys, a top MDS 3.0 expert...
Major new Medicaid rule exempts nursing home residents
Dec 04, 2008
A major new Medicaid regulation gives states “unprecedented flexibility” in configuring their Medicaid programs. Exempted from the rule are nursing home residents, Medicare beneficiaries and...
ONE DAY TO GO: Medicare, Medicaid face drastic cuts under new administration, McKnight’s Online...
Mar 24, 2009
Under President Obama’s budget plan, Medicare and Medicaid spending would be slashed by up to $295 billion over the next 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated.
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John Andrews
Mar 01, 2008
Nursing homes are handling linens better than ever before with increasingly sophisticated equipment and practices.
Private equity firms do not affect nursing home quality of care, Harvard study finds
Sep 11, 2008
A year after a news report uncovered resident care and ownership problems at privately held nursing homes, a new report from Harvard Medical School finds the opposite: Quality at nursing homes does not...
Nursing homes, consumers lock horns over arbitration bill at congressional hearing
Jun 11, 2008
Providers cried “discrimination” and consumer advocates called for an even tougher stance Tuesday during a congressional hearing on the “Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008.” House...