Analysis explores the secret sauce for successful hospital-SNF collaboration
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 10, 2018
Hospitals are working much more closely with skilled nursing facilities, aiming to form bonds and avoid costly and harmful hospital readmissions. But little is understood about how they’re creating...
Researchers identify key characteristics of hospitals’ preferred skilled nursing partners
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 20, 2018
With the advent of bundled payment programs and accountable care organizations, hospitals are forming tighter bonds with skilled nursing facilities across the country. But are these “preferred providers”...
Justice Department to providers: Help us and we’ll decrease False Claims awards
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Marty Stempniak
May 10, 2019
The Department of Justice has issued new guidance on how nursing facilities can obtain greater leniency in cases where they are accused of violating the False Claims Act.
CMS looks to simplify Medicare application process for providers
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Marty Stempniak
Jul 17, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is aiming to make it easier for providers to apply for eligibility, the agency announced late last week.
White House considering rule that would cut red tape for nursing homes: Report
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Marty Stempniak
Nov 19, 2018
The White House Office of Management and Budget is reportedly reviewing a new rule that aims to ease administrative burdens in nursing homes.
LTC provider helps employees with housing to boost recruiting efforts
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 05, 2018
Not every nursing home wants to become its employees’ landlord, but a Canadian facility is branching out in an effort to boost recruitment.
AHCA joins hospital association in urging for more time on complex interoperability rules
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 25, 2019
The nation’s largest nursing home lobbying group has joined the American Hospital Association to urge federal health officials to hold off on new interoperability measures.
Operator accused of leaving a ‘wide path of destruction’ shuttering two facilities
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Marty Stempniak
Nov 05, 2018
A troubled skilled nursing operator is shuttering two of its facilities in Massachusetts, as pressure continues to mount from its creditors and Bay State regulators.
Nursing home loses arbitration bid in wrongful death case
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Marty Stempniak
Jun 20, 2018
A Nebraska nursing home — which was attempting to sort out a wrongful death case via arbitration — must, instead, go to trial.
State may slash education rules for nursing home administrators and even they cry ‘foul’
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 14, 2018
The state of Pennsylvania is considering easing education requirements for nursing home leaders, despite opposition from both providers and patients.