Report: CMS needs to improve public access to nursing home expenditures
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Oct 07, 2016
Skilled nursing facilities’ expenditure data needs to be made more accessible to public stakeholders, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
CMS: ‘Significant’ changes to final rule driven by provider comments
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Oct 07, 2016
Some of the biggest differences between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rules for long-term care providers and the final rule released late last month reflect providers’...
Most readmissions after 7 days due to factors beyond hospitals’ control, study finds
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Oct 06, 2016
The majority of hospital readmissions that occur after a patient has been out of the hospital for a week or longer are likely due to factors beyond the hospital’s control, according to new research.
Judge orders SNF owner charged in $1 billion fraud ring to be held without bond
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Oct 05, 2016
A Florida nursing home operator charged as the ringleader of a record-setting Medicare fraud scheme will continue to be held without bond, a federal judge said in a final ruling issued last week.
Let the government teach you a lesson about millennials
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Oct 04, 2016
The stars in the workforce-strategy universe must have aligned on Thursday, because a new government report about millennials dropped around the same time that we kicked off a webcast on hiring and retaining...
Lawmakers to CMS: Stop making new payment models mandatory
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Oct 04, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ mandatory payment models exceed the agency’s authority and pose potential risks to older beneficiaries, House lawmakers say in a letter to federal...
Medicare fraud case against SavaSeniorCare rolls on
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Oct 03, 2016
A lawsuit that accuses one of the nation’s largest nursing facility operators of overbilling Medicare for unnecessary therapy services will proceed, a federal court has ruled, despite the company’s...
State supreme court allows SNFs to arbitrate survival claims
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Oct 03, 2016
Pennsylvania nursing homes will be able to force survival claims from deceased residents’ estates into arbitration, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Sabra Health Care REIT is the latest in a string of real estate investment trusts looking to distance themselves from problematic skilled nursing portfolios.
Providers push court on arbitration ruling
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Oct 01, 2016
Kentucky nursing home providers are feeling the negative effects of the state’s strict rules on arbitration, a leading provider group told the U.S. Supreme Court in August.