Woman wins $1.6 million verdict from SNF owner, contractor after meat slicer accident
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Jan 25, 2017
A skilled nursing facility and contractor will pay $1.6 million for a meat-slicer incident that severely damaged a Pennsylvania woman’s hand.
Hospital, ambulance company sued after patient sent to nursing home 300 miles away
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Jan 23, 2017
The sister of a nursing home patient is suing a Georgia hospital, physician and ambulance service amid claims that her brother was discharged and sent to a nursing home 300 miles away.
$125 million SNF settlement contributes to $1 billion bump in fraud recoveries
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Jan 20, 2017
The $125 million settlement by Kindred Healthcare Inc. and a $30 million settlement with North American Health Care over therapy claims are counted among recoupments by the federal government that totaled...
Resident’s family won’t be forced to arbitrate claims, court rules
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Jan 19, 2017
The family of a deceased Kentucky nursing home resident will not have to arbitrate a dispute with the facility following a federal court’s ruling. The decision arrived last week, just over a month...
Weinert joins MMP
Jan 18, 2017
Ron Weinert has joined Medication Management Partners as its chief administrative officer.
Ron Weinert has joined Medication Management Partners as its chief administrative officer.
HHS finalizes rule to clean up Medicare claim appeals process
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Jan 17, 2017
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will take aim at its massive Medicare claim appeals backlog with a rule finalized on Friday.
Court blocks resident’s estate from appealing SNF arbitration ruling
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Jan 13, 2017
The estate of a deceased nursing home resident can’t appeal a previous court’s decision that required them to arbitrate their dispute with the nursing home where she died, a federal appeals...
LeadingAge, advocacy groups call on Trump to preserve nursing home-related ACA provisions
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Jan 12, 2017
LeadingAge joined 71 other non-profit aging organizations this week in urging President-elect Donald Trump to retain nursing home quality standards within the Affordable Care Act.
Former SNF nurse pleads guilty to stealing morphine, replacing it with saline
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Jan 12, 2017
A former employee of a Massachusetts skilled nursing facility pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges that she stole morphine from the facility and replaced some of it with saline.
Providers who obstruct audits face exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid under final rule
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Jan 12, 2017
Healthcare providers who interfere with audits risk being barred from the Medicare and Medicaid programs, under a final rule issued Wednesday by the Department of Health and Human Services.