Proposal would establish automatic audit of state’s nursing home policies
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 29, 2021
A proposal requiring New York’s comptroller office to conduct an automatic review of the state’s nursing home policies surrounding COVID-19 and how well providers complied is being pushed by a Republican...
Genesis ACO adds 200 new long-term care facilities
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Danielle Brown
Dec 17, 2019
Genesis Healthcare’s accountable care organization, LTC ACO, is adding 200 new, unaffiliated long-term care facilities, the company announced Tuesday.
81 percent of COVID-19 deaths here are nursing home-related — double the average; global rates ‘both...
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Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2020
More than 80% of all COVID-19 deaths in Canada are from long-term care facilities and retirement homes, according to a new analysis from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
DOJ’s drive for more criminal charges in nursing home cases draws provider resistance
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Danielle Brown
Sep 30, 2019
Providers are pushing back against an effort by the Department of Justice that would allow criminal charges to be brought against nursing home providers and staff members accused of abuse and fraud in...
Aide’s photo of resident didn’t violate health records law, court rules
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Danielle Brown
Jan 28, 2020
Nursing home providers, take note: A court this week determined that a Minnesota senior living facility was not in violation of a state health records law after a nurse’s aide used a photograph of a...
CMS opens up on approach to developing minimum staffing requirements
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Danielle Brown
Jul 14, 2022
Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday opened up about the “multi-faceted approach” it’s using to develop and propose minimum staffing requirements for nursing...
Provider anxieties rising while waiting for CMS guidance on RoP Phase 3 requirements
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Danielle Brown
Oct 28, 2019
Frustrated providers are becoming increasingly anxious with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services over its lack of final guidance for Phase 3 of the Requirements of Participation. Implementation...
CMS withholds another $1-plus million over vaccine mandate compliance
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 14, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has withheld $1.2 million in funding from Florida over the state’s refusal to monitor facilities ability to meet the federal COVID-19 vaccine requirement...
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Licenses at risk for nursing homes without emergency generators, official proclaims
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 03, 2019
Long-term care facilities in Florida that have yet to install permanent or temporary generators under new emergency preparedness requirements could lose their licenses, according to the head of the state’s...