OIG calls on Florida to correct abuse reporting system for nursing homes … Industry experts, providers debate reform to improve long-term care system … Wyoming lawmakers push ahead on Medicaid expansion...
Biden’s $400 billion proposal for HCBS won’t address all problems in LTC, expert warns
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Danielle Brown
Apr 05, 2021
The Biden administration’s $400 billion effort to boost home- and community-based services is “ambitious,” but still missing critical pieces towards fully reforming Medicaid’s long-term care coverage,...
COVID infection and mortality rates will trigger provider payouts of $2B in relief funding
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Danielle Brown
Sep 04, 2020
A nursing home’s ability to keep COVID-19 infection and mortality rates low among residents will be the key indicator as to whether it will qualify for slices of $2 billion in newly available federal...
Nursing home reform likely coming under Biden, experts warn
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Danielle Brown
Jan 13, 2021
Skilled nursing and other long-term care providers may need to prepare for major nursing home reform efforts, including increased penalties, under President-elect Joe Biden’s administration, according...
House task force presses for $100 million in long-term care infection control funding
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Danielle Brown
Apr 28, 2020
A newly formed Democratic House task force is calling for the immediate distribution of $100 million in funding to aid long-term care facilities in their infection control efforts amid COVID-19.
Going Mobile: Irish group shows how to lighten the mood during pandemic
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Danielle Brown
Sep 15, 2021
Nursing homes around the world might only need to look to the Emerald Isle for a gem of an idea to help residents overcome a lack of social activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
House subcommittee investigating CMS, nursing homes’ COVID-19 responses
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Danielle Brown
Jun 17, 2020
The federal government and five of the largest nursing home operators are being targeted by a House panel in a newly launched investigation into the handling of the coronavirus crisis.
Ownership transparency, coordination could produce better nursing home oversight, expert says
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 02, 2019
Policy makers will have to go “much further than reducing regulatory inefficiencies or red tape” in order to improve nursing home oversight, one veteran stakeholder is arguing.
CMS needs better abuse oversight for nursing homes: GAO
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Danielle Brown
Nov 17, 2019
The Government Accountability Office alleges that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has yet to enforce several of its recommendations after a GAO report found oversight gaps in abuse reporting...
Lawmakers want more poor performing nursing homes on the SFF list
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Danielle Brown
Nov 18, 2020
The Special Focus Facility program, a federal initiative that targets very low-performing nursing homes for additional oversight and improvements, would be expanded and renamed under a new legislation...