Vanguard Healthcare will pay $18M to settle False Claims Act allegations
By
Marty Stempniak
Feb 28, 2019
A Tennessee-based skilled nursing company has agreed to pay about $18 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act by billing for “grossly substandard” nursing home services.
Legislators ask AG to investigate care at facility where 11 children died, alleging delays may be ‘criminal’
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 22, 2018
New Jersey legislators are pushing the state’s attorney general to investigate whether criminal negligence occurred at at a long-term care facility where 11 children have died.
Provider honors employee commitment with giant checks
By
Marty Stempniak
Oct 24, 2018
An Illinois provider is taking a page from Publishers Clearing House to honor loyal employees.
Proposed new fines would have ‘chilling effect’ on nursing home staff, AHCA exec warns
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 10, 2018
Industry leaders blasted a newly proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regulation that would allow civil money penalties of up to $200,000 against skilled nursing home staff who fail to report...
Nursing home’s own contract language trips up effort to enforce unsigned arbitration agreement, judge...
By
Marty Stempniak
Oct 08, 2018
A Kentucky judge is siding with one resident’s family in a dispute over whether an unsigned arbitration agreement is valid.
Don’t miss hiring lessons on Sept. 12
Sep 07, 2018
Better strategies for attracting staff is on the mind of every long-term care provider. Jim Rubadue, Chief Customer Officer, OnShift, and Shelly Szarek-Skodny, CEO, Century Oak Care Center, will share...
Tech-policy junction
By
Meredith Beirne
Sep 05, 2018
Providers respond to federal guidelines and share strategic thoughts on how long-term and post-acute care operators can rise and thrive in the digital world
Molalla on her mind
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 05, 2018
You wouldn’t have seen any flashing lights or scurrying EMTs, but it was still a major crisis. The nursing home resident was completely out of his favorite pickles, and not just any variety would...
Retro pay not good enough, NLRB says
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 05, 2018
The National Labor Relations Board is hitting a nursing home operator for “unlawfully” suspending a merit-based raise program.
SNFs could lose children as payers if lawmakers step in
Sep 05, 2018
North Dakota is looking at a possible change to a state law that allows nursing homes to obtain unpaid debts from residents’ adult children.
