With income margins decimated by Medicare and Medicaid cuts and access to capital strangled, skilled nursing facilities will be unable to care for the nation’s booming senior population unless changes...
GAO: State surveyors miss nursing home deficiencies
May 16, 2008
State inspectors often fail to cite serious deficiencies, including malnutrition, bedsores and abuse, in their annual inspections of facilities, a Government Accountability Office report found.
Florida to permit GAO survey of elderly voting access next Tuesday
Oct 28, 2008
Two days after receiving a letter from U.S. Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Florida Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning has agreed to allow officers from the Government Accountability...
Federal government joins upcoding case against hospitalist company operating in LTC facilities
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 10, 2013
The federal government has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that a large hospitalist company systematically overbilled government health programs, the U.S. Department of Justice announced...
Report: Correcting Medicare Advantage overpayments could save billions
Jan 27, 2012
Correcting overpayments in the Medicare Advantage program could save the federal government billions of dollars, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
Senators press for SNF survey changes in light of adverse events report
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 07, 2014
The skilled nursing facility survey process is failing to ensure resident safety and needs to be improved, two prominent senators said in a recent letter to the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
BREAKING: Nursing homes to receive 2.2% Medicare pay raise for 2021
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 31, 2020
Nursing homes will receive a Medicare pay boost for fiscal 2021, federal officials announced today.
U.S. Senate committee urged to follow SNFs’ lead in falls prevention
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 16, 2019
Lawmakers should consider changes to Medicare and look to nursing facilities’ experience when addressing fall-related injuries in seniors, says LeadingAge.
Hospital, nursing home information sharing to become ‘routine,’ government agencies say
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 09, 2013
As sharing of electronic health information becomes standard across all care settings, using technology may become a prerequisite for providers to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, according...
SNFs should focus on partnerships, quality, to weather uncertain future, experts say
Jan 16, 2012
In order to survive an uncertain financial and regulatory environment, skilled nursing operators need to look at partnering with other healthcare systems and improving the quality of care, analysts say.