Staffing agencies to pay $700K for overcharging nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 28, 2024
Two national staffing agencies will pay more than $700,000 combined to resolve allegations that they billed long-term care facilities too much for nursing services in one of the two states with rate caps.
‘Nuclear’ $178K water bill debacle baffles nursing home owners as utility threatens shutoff...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 20, 2024
Owners of two nursing homes in Kansas City, MO, filed a lawsuit against the city’s water and sewer utility, which is threatening to shut off services, saying the move is unnecessary and risks resident...
PruittHealth CEO named Quality Champion for 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 28, 2024
Neil Pruitt Jr., a second-generation nursing home owner who greatly expanded the chain bearing his name while remaining focused on resident outcomes, has been named winner of the sector’s highest individual...
Feds killed plan to curb Medicare Advantage overbilling after insurers’ opposition
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Fred Schulte, KFF Health News
Aug 27, 2024
A decade ago, federal officials drafted a plan to discourage Medicare Advantage health insurers from overcharging the government by billions of dollars — only to abruptly back off amid an “uproar”...
AHCA, HHS seek quick timeline in federal staffing mandate case
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 13, 2024
The American Health Care Association, LeadingAge and four other parties in a federal lawsuit challenging the federal nursing home staffing mandate have told the case’s judge they expect a decision to...
Resident advocates aim to protect voting rights in nursing homes ahead of contentious election
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 08, 2024
With just three months left before Election Day, patient advocates are pushing long-term care facilities to make sure their residents are both registered to vote and able to cast their ballots.
‘Needs Rounds’ improve palliative care, reduce hospitalizations in nursing homes: research
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 12, 2024
Regular, focused meetings to discuss the specific needs of nursing home residents requiring palliative care can reduce repeated hospitalizations and improve the quality of a person’s final days, according...
Game planning emerges for new SNF PPS pay rule
By
Jessica R. Towhey
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2024
As disapproval about the 2025 skilled nursing Medicare pay rate increase continued to rise Thursday, long-term care providers and their advisors began devising coping strategies for some of the less flashy...
COVID on the rise in nursing homes along with vaccine reluctance and mistrust
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 11, 2024
COVID cases are on the rise again in nursing homes, and the largest nonprofit provider advocacy is asking the White House to create and stick to an annual vaccination schedule to help combat vaccine fatigue...
Alleged immigrant labor law violations: Nursing home company seeks dismissal of class-action suit
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 07, 2024
A national nursing home company is seeking dismissal of a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company and its staffing recruiter violated US labor laws in the recruitment of immigrant nurses.