Appeals court rules that nursing homes can be sued for private civil rights violations
Jul 07, 2009
A federal law related to the oversight and inspection of nursing homes creates a legal pathway for private civil rights lawsuits to be filed against nursing homes in cases of alleged wrongful death, a...
Report: More seniors have three or more chronic conditions
Jan 07, 2009
The prevalence of chronic conditions among Americans is on the rise with many people now saddled with up to three continuing afflictions. Nowhere is the up-tick more noticeable than among the senior citizen...
Operator accused of leaving a ‘wide path of destruction’ shuttering two facilities
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 05, 2018
A troubled skilled nursing operator is shuttering two of its facilities in Massachusetts, as pressure continues to mount from its creditors and Bay State regulators.
ACA changes could strip insurance coverage from hundreds of thousands of direct care workers, group says
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Mar 08, 2017
Legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act may complicate the increasing shortage of healthcare workers, according to a report released Tuesday.
With budget out of the way, Congress eyes Medicare fix
By
John O'Connor
Jan 01, 2015
Now that President Obama has put his signature on a $1.1 trillion spending package, long-term care providers can focus on another looming spending challenge: the so-called “doc fix.”
Brennan to lead new CMS office
Nov 20, 2014
Niall Brennan is the first Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Chief Data Officer, the agency announced. He will lead the new Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics.
Automatic Medicare cuts better than super-committee options, report says
Sep 06, 2011
The 2% across-the-board Medicare cuts that would be triggered by a deficit-reduction committee failure to agree on an acceptable budget are preferable to the likely alternatives, a leading healthcare advisor...
Transitional care programs lower hospital readmission rates, two studies show
Jul 27, 2011
Seniors who leave hospitals and are placed in transitional care programs are far less likely to be return, two new studies assert. The authors cite both health and cost benefits of these post-acute options.
Patient advocates blast Stupak’s nursing home survey improvement act
Aug 27, 2010
A group of long-term care patient advocates on Thursday sent a letter to Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), criticizing the lame-duck legislator’s new “Enhancing Quality through Survey System Improvements...
Some healthcare groups, lawmakers slam proposal for new agency governing Medicare rates
Jul 28, 2009
President Obama has proposed creating a new executive agency, the Independent Medicare Advisory Council, to set Medicare payment updates. So far, that idea is meeting strong resistance from the healthcare...