GAO report says hundreds more deficient nursing homes should be added to watch list
Sep 29, 2009
Nearly 450 nursing homes should be added to the federal government’s Special Focus Facility (SFF) program, which monitors consistently problematic nursing homes, say the authors of a new report from...
Report: Cost discouraging long-term care providers from using EHRs
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Mar 01, 2017
Post-acute care providers may think of electronic health records systems as too complicated and costly, according to a federal report published Monday.
Resident deaths due to ‘widespread system failures,’ Hollywood Hills tells Congress
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Nov 21, 2017
The House committee tasked with investigating the deaths of 14 nursing home residents following Hurricane Irma should “resist the urge to vilify or demonize” staff of the facility, an attorney...
New site has care data: LTCfocUS.org is a care resource for nursing homes
Jan 01, 2010
The current healthcare reform debate has largely ignored nursing home care. This is due, in part, to a lack of data about how and why that care is given.
Smart Money: Understanding rates
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William C. Fisher
Mar 01, 2012
All CFOs are taught that past performance is not an indication of future performance. Performance data is only part of how investment consultants evaluate money managers — and they use it with caution.
Senators introduce bill to reform Medicare reform law
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Haymarket Media
Feb 06, 2004
Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced at least the third bill aimed at reforming the Medicare law Thursday.
Warrant-free inspections ahead: Improper dispensing, record keeping lead LTC pharmacy to federal settlement
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 27, 2019
A long-term care pharmacy has agreed to pay $75,000 to resolve allegations that it improperly dispensed a controlled substance and failed to keep accurate records. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced...
Nursing home settlement spurs HHS to investigate small health data breaches
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Aug 23, 2016
A recent case involving a stolen iPhone containing nursing home residents’ medical records has prodded federal officials to place more scrutiny on smaller healthcare data breaches, according to the...
OIG investigation raises conflict of interest concerns in ZPIC program
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 11, 2012
Regulators need to be more aggressive in identifying conflicts of interest among Medicare’s fraud-fighting Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPICs), a new government report recommends.
Providers praise move by CMS to suspend standard surveys for nursing homes for 3 weeks; inspection finds...
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Liza Berger
Danielle Brown
Mar 24, 2020
Long-term care providers on Monday said they appreciate a decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to limit surveys of nursing homes and other providers for a three-week period in the wake...