CMS to post more nursing home ownership data, facility health data for first time when it unfreezes star...
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Monday that it will begin posting certain nursing home ownership information, as well as aggregated MDS data for all residents at a facility, both...
This is really it! Tuesday is final deadline to enter McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 06, 2024
Entrants have until midnight Tuesday (July 9) to get their submissions in for the 2024 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
Health lawyers, bioethicist call for tighter regulation of AI in prior authorizations
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 11, 2024
While artificial intelligence promises exciting efficiency benefits, its usage in insurance prior authorizations demands wider and more holistic oversight from state and federal bodies, a trio of experts...
‘Exemplary, inspiring’ Clif Porter named AHCA/NCAL’s next president and CEO
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 16, 2024
Clifton Porter II, the long-time top advocacy executive for the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, was named its next president and CEO Monday.
Docs, therapists to see pay cut but caregivers score in ’25 physician pay rule
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2024
Doctors, therapists and others billing under the physician fee schedule would see an average 2.93% reduction in Medicare pay next year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed Wednesday.
Trump shooter worked at nursing home
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 14, 2024
The 20-year-old identified as the shooter who nearly killed former President Donald Trump Saturday evening was a dietary aide at a Pittsburgh-area nursing and rehab facility, authorities said Sunday.
Report: STD infections grew fastest in older adults from 2020 to 2023
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 10, 2024
Sexually transmitted disease (STD) diagnoses in the United States rose by 23.8% between 2020 and 2023 in people over the age of 65 — the largest percentage increase among the cohorts analyzed.
Report: 40 percent of adult cancers tied to modifiable risk factors
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 11, 2024
About 4 in 10 cancer cases and about a half of all adult deaths from the disease are tied to potentially modifiable risk factors, a new study finds.
Lawmakers say CMS should ban Medicare Advantage’s use of AI to deny care
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 26, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should consider banning artificial intelligence from being used to deny Medicare Advantage coverage pending a “systematic review,” a group of 49 congressional...
McKnight’s Workforce Development webinars slated for Aug. 13
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 12, 2024
Registration is ongoing for the Aug. 13 McKnight’s Workforce Development Forum, a must-attend for any long-term care provider with employees.