Nursing homes were placed under a hot spotlight in mid-July after The New York Times ran a lengthy story criticizing fluctuations and apparent understaffing revealed through a new federal data collection...
Job seekers often unfit
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 17, 2019
More than 25,000 job applicants were deemed ineligible to work in long-term care through the federal background check program over the last two years. The nationwide number is estimated to be much higher....
SNF: Rogue volunteers took residents
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 06, 2017
A nursing home was fighting allegations it didn’t have an evacuation plan in place during Hurricane Harvey.
Unified pay by 2021: MedPAC
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May 06, 2017
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted in April to recommend an accelerated timeline that would see implementation of a site-neutral post-acute care payment system kick off in 2021.
GOP leaders promise bills will be approved
By
John O'Connor
Dec 01, 2014
Republicans were able to retake control of the Senate, while adding to their margin in the U.S. House. Now comes the hard part: actually governing.
RAC audits often inaccurate, group claims
By
John O'Connor
Dec 02, 2012
A major hospital group has called for a federal investigation into mistakes made by recovery audit contractors.
Testing costs may be hurdle to reopening
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2020
As nursing homes try to open to visitors again per guidance laid out by the Trump administration, testing costs and resources may be a serious roadblock.
Departing workers are outpacing arrivals
By
John O'Connor
Mar 04, 2015
Workers are continuing to leave the field faster than they arrive, a new study finds.
Jimmo guidance: Document goal before you provide care
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 01, 2014
Skilled nursing facilities should not claim that therapy was to maintain a patient’s condition if documentation reflected only an improvement goal.
Reach of ACOs hits 31 million individuals
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 02, 2013
Accountable care organizations are already beginning to change the landscape of American healthcare, veteran observers say.