Medicaid Fraud Control Units recovered $50M more from skilled nursing providers in 2018
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 26, 2019
The government collected more than $50 million in judgements from skilled nursing facilities in 2018, up dramatically from $1.8 million in the previous year, according to a new report.
McKnight’s Online Expo is one day away
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 26, 2019
Time is running out to participate in the long-term care industry’s only virtual trade show.
104-year-old nursing home resident gets herself arrested to fulfill bucket list
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 22, 2019
Police slapped handcuffs on a 104-year-old nursing home resident this week, and she’s ecstatic about it.
Nursing home gains internet fame after residents captured grabbing daiquiris
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 20, 2019
A Louisiana nursing home has become internet famous after one passerby captured its residents making a midday pitstop for some frosty adult beverages.
McKnight’s Online Expo begins in one week
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 20, 2019
The long-term care industry’s only virtual trade show is one week away, with organizers expecting this to be the best-attended offering in its 13-year history. Final preparations are well underway for...
This is one fine mess that’s hard to explain
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 19, 2019
We are constantly hearing about inadequate funding for skilled nursing providers, with Medicaid margins being the main culprit. Yet some states are letting millions of dollars earmarked for quality improvement...
Nursing facility fines down by nearly a third since Trump took office
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 18, 2019
Nursing facilities have seen their fines drop by about 31% during the Trump administration, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis, released on Friday.
Watchdog faults state for failing to reinvest penalty dollars back into SNF care
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 13, 2019
A new investigation by a federal watchdog finds that one state is not doing enough to expend penalty dollars that it’s collecting from nursing homes.
Nursing homes hope staffing bill opens door for more use of specialists
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 13, 2019
Proposed legislation in Florida would drop the amount of certified nurse aide care that providers must supply, giving them flexibility to deploy other professionals — a change that has two nursing home...
How one provider is leaving its comfort zone to serve a new population
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 12, 2019
One New York nursing home is taking resident-centered care to a whole new level, announcing an expansion of its unit geared toward a specific segment of its community.