Nursing facilities have always faced an array of obligations in order to provide services to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, which can sometimes seem burdensome in comparison with other providers....
Nursing home operators lose 93% of appeals: report
Jun 04, 2008
The federal government won 66 of 71 appeals cases brought by nursing home providers last year according to a recent report from the Center for Medicare Advocacy. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Your Medicare future: Bigger pie, smaller slice
By
John O'Connor
Nov 12, 2018
I have seen the future of Medicare. Here’s what you can expect: Demand will grow the program; fiscal realities will shrink your share.
Happy New Year. Now pay up.
By
John O'Connor
Jan 08, 2023
Minimum pay hikes took place in 27 states Jan. 1 , so look out, long-term care providers.
CMS expands therapy payment research
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 22, 2014
The government is expanding its research into alternative therapy payments, to consider more holistic changes to the way Medicare reimburses skilled nursing facilities, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Analysis: Sequestration cut may mean loss of 766,000 healthcare jobs over 10 years
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 12, 2012
A scheduled 2% sequestration cut in federal Medicare payments to providers could result in the loss of thousands of U.S. healthcare jobs, a new report warns.
OIG: Payment problems remain for Medicare Part D drugs in nursing homes
Jun 10, 2008
Two reports from the Office of Inspector General found problems with respect to the Medicare Part D program and nursing homes. One pertained to continuing payment obstacles while the other said that nursing...
Patients with dementia receive less home health, hospice at end of life
By
Diane Eastabrook
Feb 08, 2023
It is relatively difficult to identify when patients with dementia are within six months of death, a requirement to receive end-of-life hospice care, researchers report.
Why be optimistic when anxiety is an option?
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 06, 2014
Depending on how you like to interpret the news, nursing home operators are either facing some of the worst of times, or they’ve been infused with new life.
Therapy should be more than productivity
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Apr 22, 2024
“I’m too sick for therapy today.” “Come back later.” “Leave me alone.” If you’ve worked in long-term care (or hospitals or LTACHs or acute rehab hospitals), you’ve heard...