Medicaid enhancement provision likely to stay in extenders bill
Jun 29, 2010
A congressional measure that would extend by six months a temporary increase in Medicaid assistance to states will remain part of a tax extenders bill. That will occur contrary to rumors that the provision...
Appeals court again sides with healthcare providers over state cuts to Medicaid
Aug 13, 2009
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit again has ruled that California’s lawmakers cannot cut reimbursements to the state’s Medicaid program solely because it needs to reduce expenditures.
Critical report finds surveys are too soft
By
Liza Berger
Jun 01, 2008
Nursing homes received another quality drubbing last month after the Government Accountability Office revealed that state inspectors often understate deficiencies, including those about malnutrition, bedsores...
Incentives program could face cutting board
Mar 18, 2008
The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals could scrap an incentives program for nursing homes – despite a 96% success rate, according to a former member of the Iowa House.
Unethical accessing of nursing homes must end, elder law expert says
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Haymarket Media
Jul 25, 2005
Asset transferring and other unethical methods of gaining access to nursing homes must be stopped, the past-president of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys told the Senate Special Committee on...
Bladder Cancer in the Elderly: Balancing Disease and Surgical Risk
Dec 06, 2013
Of all the newly diagnosed bladder cancer patients, 25%-30% of them will have muscle-invasive disease that ideally will require major surgery in the form of a radical cystectomy, bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy...
Report: State budgets recovering, still struggling with Medicaid drag
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Haymarket Media
Dec 17, 2004
States budgets are slowly recovering form fiscal crises of recent years, but Medicaid costs continue to be a major stumbling block. That’s the mixed message from a report released Thursday by the...
Sample agreement covers provisions in new HIPAA rule
By
McKnight's Staff
Jan 29, 2013
As they work to comply with the omnibus Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act rule published on Friday, long-term care providers can refer to a sample business associate agreement released...
House committee votes to repeal Medicare payment board
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 06, 2012
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s Medicare payment board Tuesday morning.
Researchers’ book offers evidence-based approaches to improving care at long-term care facilities
Sep 29, 2010
A new book available this month from researchers at the University of Central Florida aims to help long-term care facilities improve quality and efficiency.