PharMerica to be acquired by KKR in $1.4B deal; Walgreens will a be minority investor
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Elizabeth Newman
Sep 06, 2017
Global investment firm KKR will buy PharMerica Corporation in a $1.4 billion deal, the companies announced in August.
Helping the assessors
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2017
Minimum Data Set coordinators serve vital functions in today’s skilled nursing facilities — their ability to dig deep is so critical that one software executive likens it to navigating the Andromeda...
CMS suspends surveys, allows providers to exceed bed capacity in states hit by Hurricane Harvey
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Sep 06, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is extending some flexibilities for Medicare providers in Texas and Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Administrator Seema Verma said on Saturday.
Texas could seek Medicaid expansion during Harvey recovery
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Aug 31, 2017
Hurricane Harvey’s impact on Texas may spur the state to pursue Medicaid expansion as a way to receive public funding in the storm’s aftermath, some observers say.
Researchers advocate changing POLST term to more accurately describe end-of-life wishes
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Aug 30, 2017
Updating the name of forms used to document nursing home residents’ end-of-life wishes may help make them more accurate, according to researchers.
Medicaid enjoying higher public profile after ACA fight, observers say
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Aug 16, 2017
The recent legislative battle over repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act helped increase understanding of Medicaid’s importance and support for the program, according to some observers.
Also in the News for Thursday, Aug. 10
Aug 10, 2017
17 state attorneys form coalition against nursing home arbitration … LeadingAge calls for ‘universal approach’ to LTSS coverage … Empirical antibiotic treatment may not reduce CAUTI-related...
Ask the Legal Expert about … background checks
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John Durso
Aug 09, 2017
We do background checks on new employees. But now there’s word we’ll be getting sued because a relatively new nurse aide allegedly improperly touched certain residents. How can we avoid a potentially...
Medicaid pay threat dodged
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Aug 09, 2017
Providers averted potentially billions of dollars in Medicaid funding losses in July after a Senate GOP healthcare reform bill was pulled from consideration.
How to do it… Partial security upgrades
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John Hall
Aug 09, 2017
As tempting as they are, full-blown replacements of personal emergency response and nurse call systems are often not feasible.