A Pennsylvania-based healthcare provider has agreed to hand over $300,000 to settle allegations that it fired employees who requested religious exemptions from the organization’s vaccination policy.
Court denies former judge’s request to withdraw guilty plea in SNF bribery case
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Mar 11, 2016
A federal judge denied a former Arkansas circuit court judge’s request to withdraw his guilty plea related to a bribe in exchange for reducing a judgment against a nursing home.
Louisiana provider association appeals to lawmakers in capital
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Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
Leaders of the Louisiana Nursing Home Association are visiting this week with the Louisiana Congressional delegation to request measures that could help facilities cope in the wake of two hurricanes Katrina...
Still no word on whether CMS will approve lifetime Medicaid limits
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 26, 2018
Lawmakers and reporters alike have been unable to pin down Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma on her agency’s view of states’ requests to impose lifetime coverage...
Ask the payment expert … can we dispute a deficiency?
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Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Jan 25, 2023
CMS imposed a CMP for a deficiency that we do not agree with. Is there any recourse?
Deadline extended for McKnight’s Tech Awards to July 31
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 23, 2019
Due to overwhelming interest and requests from providers, the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards application deadline has been extended one week, to Wednesday, July 31.
CMS considers therapy-cap exception procedures
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Haymarket Media
Jan 31, 2006
Anticipating the passage of the Deficit Reduction Act later this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services disclosed to lawmakers how it might implement the therapy-caps exceptions policy.
Congress passes a bill to extend Medicare cuts an additional year
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Tim Mullaney
Feb 14, 2014
The Senate has passed a bill to extend 2% cuts to Medicare reimbursements for an additional year, and the measure now is headed to the White House for President Obama’s signature.
AHCA requests sit-down with Biden, top officials on nursing home reform plans
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Danielle Brown
Mar 09, 2022
The nation’s largest nursing home association has requested a sit-down with President Joe Biden in a push to clear up “some of the inaccuracies” cited by the president in his nursing home reform...
Following record 2Q earnings, Ensign Group returns $110M in CARES Act funding
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Danielle Brown
Aug 07, 2020
The Ensign Group has returned about $110 million in federal coronavirus relief funding after experiencing another quarter of “record-breaking results,” executives reported Thursday.