Nursing home docs, therapists hit with CMS pay cut
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 02, 2022
Healthcare providers, including doctors and therapists who treat nursing home patients, will see a key payment factor cut by 4.4% next year.
Medicare Advantage enrollees get less post-acute care than traditional beneficiaries: analysis
By
Joe Bush
Sep 19, 2022
Members of Medicare Advantage plans used post-acute care less than people with traditional Medicare, according to an analysis of 62 studies.
Nursing, aging service orgs blast CMS for giving LPNs ‘zero credit’ in proposed staffing rule
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 14, 2023
Several of the nation’s largest aging services and nursing organizations have united to defend Licensed Practical Nurses and criticize a proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services nursing home...
Feds: Nursing home owner pilfered $4M, skimped on Ida evacuation site
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 17, 2023
Federal officials Thursday accused a former Louisiana nursing home owner of funneling money from his facilities to use on a personal spending spree, rather than preparing an emergency evacuation site as...
Initial symptoms of dementia predict speed of progression, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 16, 2023
No matter the type of underlying brain changes, the first cognitive symptoms of dementia help predict long-term functional outcomes, researchers report.
The hypocrisy of staffing mandates
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 19, 2023
Absorbed as you probably are in fighting through the long-term care staffing crisis while parrying a CMS mandate, I wouldn’t blame you for not noticing. But at airports across America, big planes are...
Picketing workers seek receiver for troubled nursing home
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2023
A union representing workers at a nursing home already under investigation for fraud are calling on the state to place the facility in receivership, alleging that the owners are revoking workers’ healthcare...
CMS reveals differing opinions on minimum staffing approach
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 05, 2022
A study meant to underpin a new federal nursing home staffing minimum will last about seven months and end in December, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official said Thursday.
Nursing home owner must face NLRB case despite bankruptcy protections
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 01, 2023
A federal agency can proceed litigating allegations of unfair labor practices against the operator of several Connecticut nursing homes that declared bankruptcy in 2013.
New York providers beg for rate increase, while lawmakers look ready to add millions to oversight program
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 24, 2023
Nursing home operators in New York are pressing hard to win a significant Medicaid rate increase for 2024, while at the same time, state lawmakers are moving closer to adding more oversight funding.