ARKANSAS — Two Arkansas nursing homes and the federal government reached a deal to delay a rule that prohibits long-term care facilities from requiring residents to sign a binding arbitration agreement...
Lawmakers ask CMS about cut
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 04, 2020
Nearly 100 U.S. lawmakers sent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma a letter in mid-February, expressing concerns over a plan that would slice 8% from Medicare payments for...
Analysis: Providers push for 2020 lift of CNA lockout
By
Liza Berger
Mar 02, 2020
Other legislative priorities this year include reauthorization of the Elder Justice Act.
CMS criticized over abuse-case handling
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 01, 2019
Abuse deficiencies cited in nursing homes more than doubled in four years, a Government Accountability Office report has found.
Biden targets nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2022
President Joe Biden made nursing home history March 1, when he included the sector in his first State of the Union address. Biden pledged a crackdown on private-equity investors and vowed tougher oversight.
Commission calls for 27-point reconstruct
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
The Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes in mid-September issued a voluminous 186-page report containing 27 recommendations.
Licenses at risk for nursing facilities that don’t meet new emergency preparedness rules, official...
Jan 05, 2020
Long-term care facilities in Florida that have yet to comply with new emergency preparedness requirements, which include installing permanent or temporary generators, could lose their licenses, according...
State News: Bill would require nursing homes to disclose direct care staffing numbers for ‘consumer...
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 07, 2019
CONNECTICUT — A proposal from Democrats in the state Senate would require disclosure of the specific number of direct care staff in a nursing home assigned to provide care to residents.
Wasserman goes the distance
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
Michael Wasserman, M.D., President, California Association of Long Term Care Medicine
Heeere’s … (your new and improved) McKnight’s!
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2021
McKnight’s. As you’ve surely noticed by now, this magazine has changed since the last time you saw it. We’ve modernized our layout, content flow and logo.