All healthcare workers and nurses should be immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases, the American Nurses Association advised in late August.
Thrive Senior Living chooses AI platform
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Elizabeth Newman
Jan 09, 2019
Thrive Senior Living has selected Aiva Health for integrating Google Home and Amazon Echo into its communities.
Grassley wants action from CMS on survey problems
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Haymarket Media
Apr 17, 2006
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) is pushing federal regulators to act on survey and certification problems identified in a General Accountability Office report released earlier this year.
State AGs call for more authority to investigate Medicaid abuse and neglect
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May 12, 2017
A group of 38 state attorneys general have requested expanded authority from Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., to tackle fraud and abuse within the Medicaid program.
Lawmakers want Obama-era infection control regulations for nursing homes restored
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Danielle Brown
Mar 10, 2021
Stricter infection control and emergency preparedness regulations could be on the horizon for skilled nursing and other long-term care providers if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services grants a...
Drugmakers ask FDA to approve another Alzheimer’s drug, similar to Aduhelm
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 29, 2021
Drugmakers Eisai and Biogen are putting the Food and Drug Administration to the test with a request to approve a second Alzheimer’s drug that works like aducanumab (Aduhelm), the new, yet controversial,...
Health and Human Services must recode feeding device, court rules
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 06, 2018
A federal court has ordered Health and Human Services to use a unique billing code for a certain type of feeding device.
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Aug 08, 2017
Changes in FY 2018 rule will ‘clarify’ requirements for complaint investigations … Gaps found between SNFs’ 5-Star ratings, Facebook reviews … Family outraged over LTC facility’s...
House probes SNFs and CMS
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Danielle Brown
Jul 09, 2020
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis launched an inquiry into the federal government and five of the largest nursing home operators for their responses during the pandemic.
Congress to probe LTC insurance practices
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Haymarket Media
May 30, 2007
A House committee has started to investigate long-term care insurance policy sellers as a result of their high number of denials for nursing home claims.