A recently developed skin graft treatment may help speed up the healing process for chronic wounds like pressure sores and diabetic ulcers — and keep them from coming back.
Health system to pay $5.55 million in largest ever HIPAA settlement
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Aug 08, 2016
A major Illinois healthcare system will pay $5.55 million to settle allegations of HIPAA noncompliance, marking the largest settlement to date against a single entity, officials said.
Report: Dual eligible pilots need more oversight
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Jan 21, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to strengthen its oversight of care coordination programs for dual-eligible beneficiaries, according to a new report.
Medicaid audit contractors lag behind Medicare counterparts, federal officials admit
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 08, 2012
Federal officials acknowledged in a House hearing Thursday that Medicaid’s recovery contractors have not been as successful as their Medicare counterparts in detecting fraud and recovering overpayments.
U.S. healthcare system lags behind other industrial countries for quality, access and efficiency
Jun 24, 2010
The U.S. may have won the first round of the World Cup, but it has come up short in another international contest—Best Healthcare System, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund.
Most of the $115 billion in newly reported discretionary spending represents existing healthcare reform...
May 17, 2010
The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday released clarification of its analysis showing that $115 billion in discretionary spending will result from the healthcare reform law. Most of that spending...
Death leads to edict: Facility must mitigate the risk of falls — on its roof
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 08, 2018
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has given a skilled nursing facility in Ohio until Friday to remedy roof safety issues after a telecommunications worker fell to his death.
DOJ likely to keep up scrutiny on individuals in healthcare fraud cases
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Mar 29, 2017
The Department of Justice isn’t likely to lighten up on individual executives as it investigates and prosecutes healthcare fraud cases, according to one official.
Nursing home denies hair styling contributed to resident’s death
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Feb 10, 2017
A New Hampshire skilled nursing facility refutes claims that a resident died due to complications from a perm at the facility’s salon, according to new legal documents.
CMS updates operations manual and F-tags for facility closures
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Ashley Carman
Aug 06, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its operations manual updates, including new F-tags for facility closures last week. The updates include amendments to Appendix PP of the SOM, with...