Flurry of Medicare Advantage regulation likely to hit nursing home coffers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 03, 2023
Federal efforts to rein in Medicare Advantage spending and recoup payments awarded for improper diagnoses will likely lead to even more financial pressure on nursing homes that serve plan beneficiaries,...
CMS: Expect final nursing home staffing rule this year
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 23, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to finalize its minimum staffing rule for nursing homes during 2024, an official confirmed Tuesday during a national stakeholder call.
State News – October 2023
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
Gov. Tim Walz (D) (pictured) took a budget victory lap at a nursing home late this summer, allowing the operator to ask for continued and more robust support for the sector.
Skilled nursing revenues lower but Five Star sees electronic records as salvation
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 22, 2018
Though its nursing home revenues dropped significantly in 2017, Five Star Senior Living leaders sounded convinced Wednesday that efforts to improve electronic record keeping and data tracking will lead...
Vayyar positions HOME monitoring system for use in senior care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 15, 2020
Vayyar Imaging, a global leader in 4D imaging technology, is positioning its new Vayyar HOME as a pendant-free monitoring solution for facilities and home caregivers. The technology requires no wearables...
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
By
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
By
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...
3 years for home health owner who inflated hours and claimed to care for SNF residents and the dead in...
By
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.
Also in the News for Monday, Sept. 18
By
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...