CMS withholds another $1-plus million over vaccine mandate compliance
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 14, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has withheld $1.2 million in funding from Florida over the state’s refusal to monitor facilities ability to meet the federal COVID-19 vaccine requirement...
Licenses at risk for nursing homes without emergency generators, official proclaims
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 03, 2019
Long-term care facilities in Florida that have yet to install permanent or temporary generators under new emergency preparedness requirements could lose their licenses, according to the head of the state’s...
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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
Providers ‘very encouraged’ after meeting with CMS leader on nursing home reform
By
Danielle Brown
James M. Berklan
Mar 30, 2022
After initial dismay upon hearing the administration’s strategies for sweeping new nursing home reform plans last month, providers were more optimistic after meeting with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Local effort bursts nationwide to help nursing home residents during pandemic
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 04, 2020
A New York-based grassroot effort launched to help nursing homes and their residents cope during the coronavirus pandemic has been able to send gifts to nearly 60 facilities nationwide with the help of...
AHCA requests sit-down with Biden, top officials on nursing home reform plans
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Danielle Brown
Mar 09, 2022
The nation’s largest nursing home association has requested a sit-down with President Joe Biden in a push to clear up “some of the inaccuracies” cited by the president in his nursing home reform...
COVID-19 testing halted
Jun 01, 2020
Massachusetts — State officials temporarily paused a program that provided coronavirus testing kits to long-term care providers in an effort to improve quality control problems, a state official said...
Providers must detail how they spent Provider Relief Fund payments, per new HHS guidance
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 22, 2020
Operators who received more than $10,000 in Provider Relief Fund payments must now submit healthcare-related expenses attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new guidance released by the Department...
Number of ACOs taking on risks doubles, Verma says
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 12, 2020
The federal government is again touting the success of accountable care organizations after newly-released figures pointed to another strong showing.
Next stimulus deal, liability protections for providers ‘highly tied to’ election outcomes, Parkinson...
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 02, 2020
The outcome of Tuesday’s election will have “enormous implications on everything, including long-term care,” according to the leader of the nation’s largest nursing home association.