Manor Care Inc. is prodding West Virginia to approve the sale of the nation’s largest nursing home chain to The Carlyle Group. State officials there remain the last stumbling block for completion...
Senate pressure reveals larger national list of poor-quality nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2019
Congressional inquiries led Monday to the public disclosure of hundreds of nursing homes considered candidates for the Special Focus Facility program.
Avalere: SNFs facing $65 billion in losses
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James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2012
A 1.8% increase in Medicare payments to skilled nursing providers that starts next month will essentially be negated by losses expected from sequestration and the enactment of fresh “bad debt”...
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Supreme Court to consider Schiavo case after lower courts refuse to order reinsertion of feeding tube
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Haymarket Media
Mar 23, 2005
The parents of Terri Schiavo pleaded in vain with a federal appeals court Tuesday to order the reinsertion of the feeding tube for their daughter after a federal court refused to refused their request....
Providers fuming after MedPAC calls for cancellation of Medicare pay raise
By
John Hall
May 21, 2015
The nursing home industry’s largest trade group is pushing back hard against MedPAC’s recommendation that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services forego its planned request for $500 million...
CMS worries about integrity of accreditation orgs; wants to hear from SNFs
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 20, 2018
The federal government is wary of possible conflicts of interest occurring in healthcare accreditation organizations, and it wants input from providers about the issue.
Vetoed proposal to limit Medicaid drugs a win for manufacturers, patients
By
Meredith Beirne
Jun 29, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has rejected a state proposal to limit Medicaid drugs for beneficiaries in an effort to lower costs.
Thrive Senior Living chooses AI platform
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 09, 2019
Thrive Senior Living has selected Aiva Health for integrating Google Home and Amazon Echo into its communities.
Hospital slams ManorCare hepatitis C lawsuit
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Apr 21, 2016
“Simply untrue” is how defense attorneys described allegations in a lawsuit filed against a hospital by skilled nursing giant ManorCare and victims of the largest hepatitis C outbreak in recent...