Governor leans on a pandemic workaround — simulation training — in effort to boost nursing pipeline … ‘Organic’ immigration reform efforts necessary to move Congress, expert says … Stress-management...
Physician 1.7 percent pay fix fails to account for full cuts to therapists, other SNF providers
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 06, 2024
Congressional leaders have agreed to increase physician pay by 1.68% starting next week, but that raise still would not make whole a 3.37% cut initiated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Lawmakers target nursing homes’ biggest payer for fraud reduction
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 22, 2018
Two Congressional subcommittees focused on oversight are banding together to look at reducing fraud and waste in the Medicaid system.
Congress advisers back permanent telehealth expansions, look to nix in-person rule for behavioral telehealth...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2024
Maintaining Medicare beneficiaries’ access to telehealth services, especially for behavioral health, must remain an initial priority over payment reform or quality measurement, members of a congressional...
Visa change is new staffing hope as prospect of immigration reform fades
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2023
Just weeks ago, long-term care providers were rallying behind the Dignity Act, a bipartisan, wide-ranging piece of immigration reform that would add opportunities for guest workers while also tackling...
Also in the News for Friday, March 19
Mar 19, 2021
LTC enforcement proponent Xavier Becerra confirmed as HHS secretary … Watchdog knocks HHS — again — for failure to adopt and track key nursing home reform strategies … COVID-19 reinfection...
Congress told: pharmacy distribution reform severely needed
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 14, 2017
The president and CEO of the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition warned the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on Wednesday that pharmacy benefits managers are bad for business, for both consumers...
Coalition analysis shows 1 in 5 nursing home residents still getting antipsychotics
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 07, 2018
Approximately 20% of nursing home residents — more than 250,000 nationwide — are still receiving antipsychotic drugs as part of their long-term care treatment, according to an analysis of federal data...
CMS forms free infection control course
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
A new, multi-day course is being designed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help nursing homes prepare for the infection preventionist requirement included in the revised final rules of...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Aug. 16
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 16, 2022
DOJ plans to retry fallen nursing home owner Philip Esformes despite Trump commutation … Mindy Shapiro named chief compliance officer at American Senior Communities … Questions on monkeypox in LTC?...