Nursing home giant Ensign touts ‘sequential growth’ in occupancy, revenue
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 29, 2022
Ensign Group executives believe the company is in an excellent position to soon reach pre-pandemic occupancy levels after seeing overall growth for the fifth consecutive quarter.
CMS developing direct-pay model to test on seniors, others
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 25, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced it is exploring a direct-provider contracting model. It is the first payment reform initiative to result from the agency innovation center’s...
Court: No delay for appeals backlog suit targeting HHS
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Nov 05, 2016
The Department of Health and Human Services’ request to put off litigation over its overwhelming Medicare appeals backlog was denied in late September. Thousands of long-term care provider appeals...
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Creditor dispute holds up major nursing home bankruptcy sale
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 29, 2024
Petersen Healthcare — operator of nearly 100 rural Midwest long-term care facilities — hit a snag last week in its plans to restructure and sell struggling facilities as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Senior living suite receives updates
Nov 15, 2017
Yardi® has updated its Yardi® Senior Living Suite with the introduction of the RENTCafé® Senior Living Resident app.
CMS must stop collection of $50 million in Medicare overpayments, judge says
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Haymarket Media
Oct 02, 2006
A federal District Court judge in the nation’s capital has ordered the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to stop trying to collect some $50 million from Medicare beneficiaries who mistakenly...
Hospital will face trial after allegedly firing workers who refused flu shot
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Aug 10, 2017
A North Carolina hospital will have to go to trial over accusations it terminated employees who refused to take a flu shot based on religious grounds. The provider’s motion to have the case dismissed...
CMS is two weeks late issuing report on fraud prevention efforts
By
McKnight's Staff
Oct 17, 2012
Two Republican Senators want to know why the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is two weeks overdue in issuing a report on the agency’s fraud prevention system (FPS).
End-of-life care documentation program yields care benefits for nursing home residents, study finds
Jul 07, 2010
Nursing home residents who fill out forms through a certain end-of-life care documentation program are more likely to receive the care they request than those with only a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order,...