Ask the Payment Expert about … competency-based staffing
By
Patricia Boyer
Apr 05, 2017
What do new requirements mean about competency-based staffing?
Verma: CMS to ensure free COVID vaccine for seniors, Medicaid beneficiaries
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 16, 2020
The agency has a plan to expedite the new coverage and will provide more information before the end of October, Verma said. CMS is also working on appropriate Medicare fees for administration of potential...
State officials may push for granny cams after rape of comatose woman in nursing home
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 14, 2019
An Arizona state legislator is planning to push legislation to allow video cameras in nursing homes after a long-comatose woman gave birth to a baby boy.
Ask the payment expert … about RACs
Apr 06, 2015
I thought the Recovery Audit Contractors were on hold, so why did I receive a request from our RAC for a Medicare Advantage resident?
Ask the payment expert … about continuing RAC requests
By
Patricia Boyer
Jul 01, 2014
I thought the Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) were on hold. Why did we still get a request for records?
States jump on laws that prevent visitation restrictions at nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 05, 2022
Several states have implemented laws limiting or prohibiting visitation restrictions at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in response to COVID-19 lockdowns that were put in place to protect...
Ask the legal expert: Are we liable if a resident or visitor falls in common areas?
By
John Durso
Feb 02, 2020
Our maintenance crew mops bathrooms and some of our lobby common areas. They post “Caution: wet floor” signs. Are we still liable to a resident or visitor who falls in these areas? Similarly, we clear...
Ask the payment expert: explaining the changes in the new Section Q of the MDS