104-day strike nets nursing home employees a 20-cent raise, health insurance concession
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 16, 2018
Workers at Christian Care Home in Ferguson, MO, have approved a new labor contract that calls for across-the-board raises following a 104-day strike.
Missouri politicians seek annual funding boosts for nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2018
The Missouri Senate has advanced a proposal to increase nursing home reimbursements.
OIG: Medicare needs to do more to prevent fraud and waste related to chiropractic care
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 20, 2018
Previous controls have not done enough to reduce fraud and waste in connection to chiropractic care for Medicare patients, according to a review issued by a federal watchdog Friday.
Some veterans who want aid-in-dying will have to move first
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 14, 2018
Though terminally ill California residents can legally take lethal drugs to end their lives, the state’s Veterans Homes have announced they will move any residents who want to try.
Providers critical of Trump budget, which would cut Medicare, kill AHRQ, slash IT agency
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 13, 2018
President Donald Trump has unveiled his spending priorities for 2019, releasing a budget that would eliminate 22 programs and agencies — including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality — and...
$1.96 billion nursing homes cut will force hard look at regulation, payment, experts say
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 12, 2018
The federal budget deal struck last week will squeeze nursing homes tighter than ever, advocates said as they began strategizing about how to stem the damage.
Feds want Alaska to ditch law requiring healthcare providers to prove need before expanding
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 08, 2018
Staff from the Federal Trade Commission have recommended Alaska repeal its certificate-of-need laws, which require healthcare providers to get state approval before they can expand by opening new locations,...
EEOC sues nursing home that fired worker with anxiety
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2018
A Tennessee nursing home fired a laundry technician rather than accommodate her request for time off to cope with an anxiety disorder, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charges in a new...
Molina Healthcare sues over loss of New Mexico Medicaid contract
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 02, 2018
A New Mexico-based healthcare company said this week it is challenging its loss of a state Medicaid contract, alleging unfair competition from a company that helped evaluate bids.
Double resident overdose follows SNF nurse stealing narcotics, police say
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 26, 2018
Police in New Castle, PA, are investigating an alleged double drug overdose of two residents at a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center.