BREAKING: Congressional study eviscerates for-profit nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 21, 2022
Dire conditions inside for‑profit nursing home chains contributed to deadly, early-pandemic conditions inside facilities, while “convoluted corporate structures” may have helped companies “obscure...
PointClickCare earns leadership award for care coordination
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2019
Frost & Sullivan has recognized PointClickCare with its 2019 North America Product Leadership Award for its integrated care coordination platform, Harmony by PointClickCare. The software-as-a-service...
CMS says final hours requirement still undecided on looming staffing rule
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2023
Federal officials are still trying to determine just how many minutes or hours a day it takes for direct care staff to perform tasks key to nursing home quality, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Also in the News for Monday, Sept. 18
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 18, 2023
Senate bill would devote $1.2 billion to RN training … EEOC and Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division forge partnership to bolster enforcement … Starting PT sooner for people with dizziness...
Lawmakers pushing CMS to ease Medicare Advantage prior authorizations
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 26, 2023
Close to 300 members of Congress are urging federal regulators to do more to reduce burdensome Medicare Advantage requirements that can slow delivery of care to nursing home and other patients.
Non-covered losses and steep rate increases: New report issues bleak outlook for provider insurance
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 23, 2021
The best positioned long-term and senior care providers can expect to see liability insurance rates climb by as much as 30% this year, while those with previous losses and poor venues will face even stiffer...
3 years for home health owner who inflated hours and claimed to care for SNF residents and the dead in...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 30, 2018
A former home health company owner accused of defrauding Medicaid and the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $2 million was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison.
[UPDATED] CMS issues first-ever nursing home staffing mandate
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James M. Berklan
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 01, 2023
US nursing homes would have at least three years to provide a minimum of 0.55 hours of care by a registered nurse and 2.45 hours by a nurse aide per resident day under a first-ever proposed federal staffing...
NHI’s skilled nursing ‘resilience’ bolstered by Ensign, National HealthCare
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 10, 2022
The performance of key skilled nursing operators National HealthCare Corporation and Ensign Group buoyed National Health Investors’ second-quarter stats, even as the real estate investment trust continued...
ProMedica Senior Care garners Gold in Tech Awards for expanding transitional call program
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 30, 2020
Editor’s Note: The 2020 winners of the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards are being announced daily through Oct. 6. Skilled Care track winners are being announced here by McKnight’s Long-Term...