DOJ files false claims case against nursing home chain, director of operations
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Sep 08, 2016
A Tennessee-based skilled nursing provider is facing a False Claims Act complaint after it allegedly submitted claims for services that were “grossly substandard” or not provided at all over...
I couldn’t live without…Lintech’s COMET system
Oct 01, 2011
Amicus Health Care Services, which operates three skilled nursing facilities in rural Texas, does not have an extensive corporate staff, so choosing a software provider that eliminates a lot of the routine...
Agency may conduct less than 40% of required nursing home surveys in Kansas this year
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 26, 2018
Many skilled nursing facilities in Kansas are going without annual inspections, with survey completions expected to remain below the 40% mark this year.
Genworth survey: Cost of private SNF rooms jumped 5.5% in 2017
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Sep 27, 2017
The monthly costs of a stay in a skilled nursing facility continued to grow in 2017, with the average monthly rate of a private room topping $8,000, according to Genworth’s annual Cost of Care survey.
I couldn’t live without … CareClips TV
May 04, 2016
As administrator George “Andy” Barker, MHA, trains new staff at Edgewood Summit in Charleston, WV, he has a secret weapon: CareClips TV.
PowerBack Rehabilitation to open in Colorado
May 12, 2015
PowerBack Rehabilitation, a collaboration between Mainstreet and Genesis HealthCare, is scheduled to open in Colorado later in May.
SNF aims to cut ER visits via telemedicine
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 08, 2018
A New Jersey provider is testing out telemedicine services in its skilled-nursing facilities, in the hope that it might cut back on unnecessary ER visits.
Keeping up appearances: Designers give a suburban Dallas nursing home a face lift
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Brett Bakshis
May 01, 2010
Blending a newly acquired nursing facility into an upscale senior living community was a major challenge. Here’s how they did it…
State News: Ohio: Medicaid funding plan favors home care
Aug 02, 2011
OHIO — Instead of cutting its way out of an $8 billion budget shortfall, the state will instead shift more funding dollars away from nursing homes toward less costly home-based long-term care in a move...
‘Mass chaos’: 37,000 nursing home eviction notices prepared in Louisiana
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
Louisiana’s Department of Health is preparing to send eviction notices to about 37,000 nursing home and other long-term care residents who could lose Medicaid coverage under the current budget.