Therapy opportunities shine while physicians, therapists face 3.3% pay cut in new CMS proposal
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2023
A proposed 3.3% cut to physician pay would threaten access to care and efforts to bring more clinical oversight into nursing homes, advocacy groups are warning.
Feds stop grants to nursing homes for ‘comprehensive review’ of CMP program
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 14, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has paused most grants distributed from its civil monetary penalty reinvestment program, leaving some nursing home leaders without a much-needed funding source...
AHCA to White House: Nursing home staffing mandate spells ‘disaster’
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 12, 2023
A federal nursing home staffing mandate would be “impossible to implement” and a “disaster,” especially for seniors on Medicaid, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted...
Will clear and present danger reveal itself as state mandates increase?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 11, 2023
Nursing home operators in New York and Pennsylvania are stepping into the abyss this month, with no easy way to see just how far they might fall before hitting bottom.
60 seconds with … Kathleen T. Unroe
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2023
Tell us about the goal of your recent study of models that might reduce rehospitalizations and improve nursing home care.
Novel 3-D PAINT pen could rewrite wound healing trajectories
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2023
A new 3-D pen uses a healing ink to deliver immune system fluids directly to cuts and wounds.
CA Supreme Court backs employers in ‘take-home’ COVID case
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2023
Nursing homes and other employers cannot be held legally or financially responsible for preventing the spread of COVID-19 from their employees to their household members, the California Supreme Court has...
July/August state news
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 07, 2023
Texas skilled nursing providers in May got their first increase in the Medicaid base rate in 10 years, along with supplemental funding to help providers stay afloat until that new rate kicks in this September.
Provider hit with back pay and hiring demands even after judge dismisses parts of union case
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 07, 2023
A National Labor Relations Board judge has dismissed parts of an extensive case brought by a Missouri union, after leaders successfully negotiated new contracts with the owners of three involved nursing...
States pushed to publish home care pay. Aggrieved SNF operators also want theirs made public
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 06, 2023
Major provider organizations are raising concerns about equitable post-acute care regulation, given two proposed rules that would increase transparency into states’ payment for some home- and community-based...