Nursing home to pay $14,500 settlement over alleged immigrant worker documentation requests
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 07, 2014
A New York City nursing home has agreed to a $14,500 settlement related to charges that it was too aggressive in asking immigrant workers to provide documentation, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
SNF advocates see growing threat if shutdown doesn’t end soon
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 18, 2019
As the partial government shutdown breaks records and stretches toward a month running, skilled nursing industry advocates are hopeful that resolution is on the horizon.
Ask the nursing expert: How do you keep records organized in preparation for annual reviews?
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Jul 01, 2011
Anne Marie Barnett, RN, President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
Funding cut to hit agencies
Jan 05, 2020
Idaho — The leader of Idaho’s Medicaid division has proposed a temporary cut in hospital and nursing home reimbursements following the governor’s request that all state agencies cut 1% from their...
Smart cards would do little to curtail Medicare fraud: GAO
By
John Hall
Apr 28, 2015
Medicare beneficiary smart cards would have a limited impact on reducing fraud and could even introduce “new, more sophisticated fraud schemes,” a new report by the Government Accountability...
Extension for Medicaid privatization scheme in Florida under CMS review
Aug 26, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently agreed to review a research and demonstration waiver for a controversial Medicaid privatization scheme in five Florida counties, but it has not granted...
Also in the News for July 30
Jul 30, 2015
National Institutes of Health requests $1.06 billion for Alzheimer’s research… Hospice owner given three years in prison for Medicare fraud… Seniors’ coffee habits may increase...
Also in the news for Wednesday, February 4
Feb 04, 2015
Beloved nursing home therapy dog shot in Kansas … Food and Drug Administration is requesting a budget of $4.9 billion … System for monitoring side effects of prescription drugs is severely...
$30 million cut from Medicare
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 01, 2013
Skilled nursing facilities will see $470 million in aggregate 2014 Medicare reimbursements, which is $30 million less than projected in a proposed rule, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Post-acute kidney sequelae studied in COVID-19 survivors
Sep 07, 2021
Graded increase seen in risks for kidney outcomes according to the severity of the acute infection