As seniors’ presence in nursing homes drops, young people with disabilities stuck with few alternatives:...
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2022
Younger nursing home residents, despite dramatically different needs than their older counterparts, have been overlooked by existing efforts to deinstitutionalize care, according to a study published in...
Improper payments, bad data threaten access to long-term care, GAO health leader testifies
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 13, 2018
Despite efforts to reduce improper payments in Medicaid, they continue to increase — rising to about $37 billion in fiscal year 2017, the Government Accountability Office’s healthcare director...
Skilled nursing providers would lose out under Trump’s revised payment system
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 14, 2018
A plan to lump together payments to all post-acute providers would be a budget cut dressed up as reform, providers said after reviewing the Department of Health and Human Services budget proposal.
Kansas employee’s email blast wrongly reveals personal information of 11,000 aging services recipients
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 05, 2018
A now-fired staff member with Kansas’ Department for Aging and Disability Services improperly disclosed personal information for 11,000 people in an email sent to multiple addresses, state officials...
AHCA rolls out new vaccination resources as COVID concerns grow
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 14, 2023
With updated COVID vaccines expected to be widely available by week’s end, providers are ramping up efforts to get shots into arms as nursing home cases remain elevated compared to the last six months.
Republicans reconsider targeting Medicare, Medicaid in election year
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2018
Last weekend’s Camp David retreat has Republicans rethinking their earlier ambitions to reform safety-net programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, fearing a lack of support heading into midterm...
Kansas suing nursing home that failed to protect privacy after closing
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 15, 2017
State of Kansas officials are suing a nursing home that’s been closed for almost a year, alleging the owner did not remove personal information of former residents or employees from the subsequently...
Medicare Advantage plan settles upcoding allegations for $22.5M
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 02, 2023
A Medicare Advantage plan will pay $22.5 million to settle allegations that it systematically reviewed patient charts to tack on additional charges before submitting claims to Medicare, federal law enforcement...
Congress advisers back permanent telehealth expansions, look to nix in-person rule for behavioral telehealth...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2024
Maintaining Medicare beneficiaries’ access to telehealth services, especially for behavioral health, must remain an initial priority over payment reform or quality measurement, members of a congressional...
‘We will not go back’ to early pandemic restriction, CMS leader says
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Kimberly Marselas
Joe Bush
Oct 17, 2022
Promoting a return to normalcy, a top CMS official said Sunday that nursing homes will not return to the stringent isolation policies of the early pandemic.