A 1.8% increase in Medicare payments to skilled nursing providers that starts next month will essentially be negated by losses expected from sequestration and the enactment of fresh “bad debt”...
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Nov 07, 2017
Petition calls for probe into governor’s handling of Hollywood Hills deaths … GAO requests increased Medicare oversight to reduce opioid risks … House subcommittee to hear provider perspective...
Supreme Court to consider Schiavo case after lower courts refuse to order reinsertion of feeding tube
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Haymarket Media
Mar 23, 2005
The parents of Terri Schiavo pleaded in vain with a federal appeals court Tuesday to order the reinsertion of the feeding tube for their daughter after a federal court refused to refused their request....
Nursing homes will be subject to escrow for all civil monetary penalties, CMS announces
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 05, 2013
Nursing homes facing a civil monetary penalty due to any type of deficiency will be subject to escrow and entitled to request an independent informal dispute resolution process, according to a newly issued...
Bill would require fingerprint-based checks for new hires
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Haymarket Media
May 22, 2007
By a unanimous vote, the Illinois House passed a bill that would require fingerprint-background checks – instead of the current name-based checks – for nursing home workers and other healthcare...
SNF where 8 died after Irma repeatedly called governor for help, exec says
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Sep 19, 2017
The Florida nursing home where eight people died last week following Hurricane Irma called a private phone line for Gov. Rick Scott (R) three times requesting assistance, The Washington Post reported on...
CMS worries about integrity of accreditation orgs; wants to hear from SNFs
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 20, 2018
The federal government is wary of possible conflicts of interest occurring in healthcare accreditation organizations, and it wants input from providers about the issue.
Vetoed proposal to limit Medicaid drugs a win for manufacturers, patients
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Meredith Beirne
Jun 29, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has rejected a state proposal to limit Medicaid drugs for beneficiaries in an effort to lower costs.
Providers fuming after MedPAC calls for cancellation of Medicare pay raise
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John Hall
May 21, 2015
The nursing home industry’s largest trade group is pushing back hard against MedPAC’s recommendation that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services forego its planned request for $500 million...
Hospital slams ManorCare hepatitis C lawsuit
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Apr 21, 2016
“Simply untrue” is how defense attorneys described allegations in a lawsuit filed against a hospital by skilled nursing giant ManorCare and victims of the largest hepatitis C outbreak in recent...