Nursing home advocates gearing up for election, ‘high-risk’ lame duck session
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Oct 19, 2016
The American Health Care Association will remain “incredibly vigilant” in advocating for providers’ interests in the nation’s capital through the upcoming election and lame duck...
Six charged in separate thefts from nursing home residents
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Oct 19, 2016
Six New York nursing home workers have been arrested for allegedly stealing personal information, money and jewelry from residents in their facilities, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced.
Time to make your Egg McMuffin
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Oct 18, 2016
If you’re among the group of providers and vendors gathered in Nashville this week for the American Health Care Association’s 67th Annual Convention & Expo, and you have the bonus of absolutely...
AHCA files lawsuit challenging feds’ pre-dispute arbitration ban
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Oct 18, 2016
The American Health Care Association filed a lawsuit on Monday fighting back against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ recently issued ban on pre-dispute arbitration agreements in nursing...
Government will crack down on EHRs under final rule
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Oct 17, 2016
Electronic health records will face greater scrutiny under a final rule released by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on Friday.
States ramping up efforts to shift care out of SNFs to control Medicaid costs
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Oct 14, 2016
Nearly every state is pushing to move more long-term care services to home or community-based settings as an effort to rein in Medicaid spending, a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows.
GAO: Lack of ‘meaningful’ quality measures hurting providers
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Oct 14, 2016
A “misalignment” of healthcare quality measures may place a burden on providers and jeopardize the success of value-based payment methods, according to a new federal report.
SNF under investigation for resident’s drowning death during Hurricane Matthew
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Oct 13, 2016
A South Carolina skilled nursing facility is being investigated after one of its residents drowned just outside its doors during Hurricane Matthew.
Don’t snooze? You lose
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Oct 11, 2016
A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study noting health concerns for night-shift workers didn’t exactly give the day-shift crowd a clean bill of health, either. Day-shift workers still...
CMS releases new hospice spending, utilization data
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Oct 11, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released new data explaining how $15 billion on hospice care was spent in 2014.