Senate committee to reintroduce bill targeting Medicare audits, appeals
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Mar 30, 2017
A bill aimed at expediting the Medicare appeals process is expected to be reintroduced in the coming months, according to one healthcare insider.
CMS: Don’t wait to plan emergency preparedness training exercises
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Mar 29, 2017
Healthcare providers will be expected to meet the training and testing requirements included in the recent emergency preparedness final rule by its implementation date of Nov. 15, 2017, according to recently...
Provider sues state officials for ‘regulatory assault’ against its facilities
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Mar 22, 2017
A Maryland skilled nursing operator has filed a complaint against state health officials, claiming they “abused and misused the State survey process” to target its facilities in an effort to...
Digital workplace platform launches self-service module
Mar 22, 2017
WorkJam, a digital workplace platform for hourly workers, has launched AI-Enabled Employee Self-Service module.
Trump budget plan would carve 18% from HHS, add millions to combat healthcare fraud
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Mar 17, 2017
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget plan for fiscal year 2018 slash the budget for the Department of Health and Human Services while putting additional funds into fraud prevention.
DOJ’s lawsuit against provider can proceed despite bankruptcy filing
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Mar 16, 2017
A federal lawsuit claiming a Tennessee-based skilled nursing operator provided “grossly substandard care” can proceed despite the provider’s bankruptcy filing, a judge ruled on Monday.
New York’s largest for-profit SNF operator kept nurses in ‘indentured servitude,’ lawsuit...
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Mar 14, 2017
New York’s largest for-profit nursing home group allegedly kept more than 350 Filipino nurses in “indentured servitude” and sued those who tried to quit, according to a class action complaint...
Medicaid official opposes ACA replacement bill ‘despite political messaging’
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Mar 10, 2017
Chief medical officer of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Andrey Ostrovsky, M.D., took to Twitter on Wednesday to express his concern with legislation of the GOP’s new healthcare plan.
High Court to hear SNF case
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James M. Berklan
Mar 05, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments in late February in a nursing home arbitration lawsuit that could alter the industry’s future, close observers said.
Hospice owner accused of encouraging patient overdoses charged in $60 million fraud scheme
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Mar 02, 2017
The owner of a Texas hospice company who allegedly encouraged employees to overdose patients for monetary gain is among 16 individuals charged for their alleged roles in a $60 million Medicare fraud scheme.