AHCA members flying to Washington to lobby for cancellation of funding cuts
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 12, 2012
As fiscal cliff negotiations continue, nine state chapters of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living have sent representatives to meet with lawmakers in the nation’s...
Latest federal mandate denial sets stage for possible Supreme Court appeal
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 15, 2021
The battle over a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers is primed for its Supreme Court debut, now that a federal appeals court has ruled a temporary injunction should remain in place.
CMS seeks input on AI use in processing Medicare claims
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 05, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a request for information in October seeking input from all of its stakeholders on using artificial intelligence and other technologies to help process...
HHS issues rule that speeds up appeals
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 05, 2017
A Department of Health and Human Services final rule may allow providers to move more quickly through the backlog of 700,000-plus Medicare-related appeals.
Largest U.S. chain pushes to finalize its sale
By
Haymarket Media
Dec 18, 2007
Manor Care Inc. is prodding West Virginia to approve the sale of the nation’s largest nursing home chain to The Carlyle Group. State officials there remain the last stumbling block for completion...
Avalere: SNFs facing $65 billion in losses
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2012
A 1.8% increase in Medicare payments to skilled nursing providers that starts next month will essentially be negated by losses expected from sequestration and the enactment of fresh “bad debt”...
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Nov 07, 2017
Petition calls for probe into governor’s handling of Hollywood Hills deaths … GAO requests increased Medicare oversight to reduce opioid risks … House subcommittee to hear provider perspective...
Supreme Court to consider Schiavo case after lower courts refuse to order reinsertion of feeding tube
By
Haymarket Media
Mar 23, 2005
The parents of Terri Schiavo pleaded in vain with a federal appeals court Tuesday to order the reinsertion of the feeding tube for their daughter after a federal court refused to refused their request....
Nursing homes will be subject to escrow for all civil monetary penalties, CMS announces
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 05, 2013
Nursing homes facing a civil monetary penalty due to any type of deficiency will be subject to escrow and entitled to request an independent informal dispute resolution process, according to a newly issued...
Senate pressure reveals larger national list of poor-quality nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2019
Congressional inquiries led Monday to the public disclosure of hundreds of nursing homes considered candidates for the Special Focus Facility program.