Martin Allen has joined the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living as senior vice president of reimbursement policy.
Life Care Centers vindicated in early COVID wrongful death case
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Kimberly Marselas
May 23, 2023
A nursing home that was the site of the first major COVID-19 outbreak in the US is not liable for the deaths of two residents there, a federal jury decided late Friday.
Nursing home oversight ‘a system in crisis,’ Senate committee finds
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 19, 2023
Oversight of the nation’s 15,000-plus nursing homes is “in crisis,” with many facilities more than a year overdue for routine inspections and nine states reporting more than half their surveyor positions...
Also in the News for Friday, May 19
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Kimberly Marselas
May 19, 2023
Governor leans on a pandemic workaround — simulation training — in effort to boost nursing pipeline … ‘Organic’ immigration reform efforts necessary to move Congress, expert says … Stress-management...
‘Impossible’ Medicare Advantage denials decried during Senate hearing
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Kimberly Marselas
May 18, 2023
A Senate subcommittee Wednesday sent letters to the nation’s largest Medicare Advantage insurers, demanding they reveal internal documents that illustrate how they make coverage determinations.
House COVID panel spreads nursing home blame, looks to next pandemic
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Kimberly Marselas
May 18, 2023
Three years after the height of the pandemic forever transformed nursing homes, a new Congressional panel took a stab Wednesday at finding someone to blame for deadly COVID-19 miscalculations.
Switch to new MDS platform underpins feds’ growing drive for nursing home data
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Kimberly Marselas
May 18, 2023
Providers should view the change to the iQies system as just the first step in an ongoing process to make it easier for federal regulators to gather and evaluate nursing home statistics.
Investing in staff inclusion to rebuild: North American’s Michael Moore
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Kimberly Marselas
May 15, 2023
After being stripped of leases for 24 facilities in partnership with Sabra, North American Health Services is regrouping around a dozen core operations and returning to its quality roots to fuel a potential...
Return of 3-day stay, loss of nurse aides bearing down on nursing homes with PHE’s end
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Kimberly Marselas
May 11, 2023
Nursing homes today will mark the end of a devastating era in healthcare that nonetheless provided the sector with previously unimagined operating flexibilities.
As behavioral health demands grow, new federal center offers free SNF training
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Kimberly Marselas
May 10, 2023
As federal regulators heighten pressure on skilled nursing facilities to accept and treat patients with mental health needs and substance abuse disorders, a new center is ramping up to equip providers...