Healthcare company in hot water over “no Haitians” nursing job ad
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Oct 20, 2015
A healthcare company is facing backlash this week over a help wanted ad in a New York newspaper that requested “no Haitians” apply for the nursing position.
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...
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Healthcare worker safety gets new emphasis from federal agencies
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Joe Bush
Dec 13, 2022
Two federal agencies re-emphasized their commitment to nursing home and other healthcare worker safety with actions in the past week, one of which included a request for permanent COVID standards.
Lawmakers’ request would heap more COVID-19 data reporting on LTC providers
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Danielle Brown
Mar 26, 2021
Nursing homes could soon be required to report their COVID-19 vaccination data to the federal government if a request from a bipartisan group of lawmakers is granted by President Joe Biden’s administration.