Deaf residents sue nursing home over lack of communication services
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Aug 19, 2015
Three deaf residents of an Illinois nursing home have filed a civil lawsuit against the facility, claiming it failed to provide adequate accommodations for them to communicate with staff.
McConnell COVID-19 stimulus proposal offers mere fraction of funding requested by providers
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Liza Berger
Jul 24, 2020
Long-term care providers are eagerly awaiting details of a fourth economic stimulus package. But they may want to brace themselves for some disappointment. As of Thursday, a draft of a proposal by Sen....
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Apr 16, 2020
NY not identifying facilities with coronavirus patients … Nurses at SNFs feeling compassion fatigue, study finds … Workers claim they were fired for requesting more PPE
States see spike on supplemental Medicaid spending
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 21, 2012
States spent $9 billion more on supplemental Medicaid payments in 2010 than it did four years previously, according to a government investigation requested by Congress.
CMS may alter Medicare Advantage star ratings
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Oct 22, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services will soon be requesting comments on possible changes to the Medicare Advantage five-star quality rating system, the agency announced this week.
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Jan 12, 2020
CMS requests providers’ banking information to pay APM bonuses … Kansas leaders reach deal on Medicaid expansion plan … Feds recover $2.6B in from healthcare, drug settlements in 2019
IRS should supply workers with electronic means of reporting healthcare data, payroll professional says
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 02, 2012
A government-mandated request for additional healthcare data may result in the Internal Revenue Service requiring another form beyond a W-2 for employees, a payroll expert said last week.
Variant-adapted COVID shot approved in U.K.; Novavax requests U.S. booster nod
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 16, 2022
Novavax wants its U.S. vaccine authorization to extend to a booster shot, and the U.K. has approved a two-component vaccine that directly tackles the omicron variant.
Feds deny provider request to speed up process for prevailing wage for foreign RNs
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Danielle Brown
May 10, 2022
The Department of Labor told long-care providers that it cannot expedite the prevailing wage determination process for foreign-born registered nurses after they called on the agency to streamline the system...
Nursing home to pay $14,500 settlement over alleged immigrant worker documentation requests
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Tim Mullaney
Aug 07, 2014
A New York City nursing home has agreed to a $14,500 settlement related to charges that it was too aggressive in asking immigrant workers to provide documentation, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.