CMS looking to take Innovation Center in ‘new direction’ with focus on flexibility, competition
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Sep 21, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is planning on revamping its seven-year-old Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Administrator Seema Verma said on Wednesday.
SNF will have to hand over internal reports in negligence case, court rules
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Feb 15, 2017
An Illinois skilled nursing facility will have to produce internal documents in a negligence lawsuit filed by the family of a resident, an appeals court ruled last week.
Employee mandatory flu shot policy provokes outrage — and a lawsuit
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Oct 27, 2017
A Minnesota-based healthcare provider that operates long-term care facilities, hospitals and clinics is on the receiving end of a lawsuit slamming its mandatory influenza vaccination policy.
Delay sought for Golden Living facility that’s closing after sexual assault, deficiencies
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Dec 08, 2015
Alabama state officials are scrambling to get the the move-out deadline extended for residents of a Golden Living Centers facility forced to close its doors early next month.
Providers wary of pay, care coordination aspects of chronic care proposal
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Feb 02, 2016
A set of proposed policies for chronic care may have “unintended consequences” on payment systems and create barriers to care coordination, say provider groups.
HCR ManorCare ‘vindicated’ as DOJ announces plan to drop lawsuit
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Nov 09, 2017
The Department of Justice on Wednesday filed a motion to drop a False Claims Act lawsuit it had joined against HCR ManorCare in 2015.
Senate committee to reintroduce bill targeting Medicare audits, appeals
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Mar 30, 2017
A bill aimed at expediting the Medicare appeals process is expected to be reintroduced in the coming months, according to one healthcare insider.
CMS finalizes bundled payment model for hip, knee replacements
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Nov 18, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released its final bundled payment model for hip and knee replacement surgeries, which includes plans to waive the three-day stay rule for beneficiaries...
Lawmakers shut down proposal to raise nursing home fines to $10,000 per day
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Jul 05, 2016
A plan to drastically increase fines and oversight in Massachusetts nursing homes was rejected by state lawmakers on Thursday.
State supreme court revives nursing home whistleblower retaliation case
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Dec 17, 2015
A former nursing home employee who claims she was fired for raising staffing and safety concerns will have her case heard by a jury, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Tuesday.