John Gibson had never been fishing, and at his age, getting to a river or out on the boat wouldn’t be an easy outing.
Georgian finally spends a day with her head in the clouds
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Kimberly Marselas
May 30, 2018
At 87, Grace Royal was ready to sign her life away. Forget the risks. She wanted her long-awaited hot air balloon ride above the rolling countryside of coastal Georgia.
Facility’s non-compliant documentation practices lead to federal crackdown
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Kimberly Marselas
May 25, 2018
Montana was hit with more than $277,000 in civil penalties after its Mental Health Nursing Care Center in Lewistown failed to meet federal documentation requirements related to mental illness care.
CMS head: ‘We would not approve lifetime limits’ on Medicaid
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Kimberly Marselas
May 16, 2018
The head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Tuesday said her agency would not approve waivers calling for lifetime limits on Medicaid, saying officials had made that clear to states that might...
$5K settlement for nursing home that declined to admit opioid dependent patient
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Kimberly Marselas
May 15, 2018
A skilled nursing facility that denied admission to a patient receiving medically assisted treatment for an opioid addiction has settled federal discrimination charges.
Trump prescription plan doesn’t include Medicare-negotiated pricing
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Kimberly Marselas
May 14, 2018
President Donald Trump’s “blueprint” for lowering prescription costs goes after pharmacy benefit managers but stops short of recommending Medicare-negotiated prices, a plank he campaigned...
From Genesis to Revelation: Nursing home helps break Bible-reading record one book at a time
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Kimberly Marselas
May 09, 2018
Virginia nursing home resident Nancy Macy had already read the Bible in its entirety three times, but she’d sent her well-worn King James home with family and thought she might not spend time with...
Officer Oliver Davis — age 6 — gets tough on nursing home residents for being ‘too cute’
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Kimberly Marselas
May 02, 2018
When Oliver Davis goes to visit his great-grandmother at Westchester Village of Lenexa, he comes bearing flowers — dozens and dozens of flowers.
BREAKING NEWS: CMS gives skilled nursing 2.4% Medicare pay raise, unveils another new resident classification...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 27, 2018
In a flurry of activity late Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced an $850 million pay raise for skilled nursing facilities for fiscal 2019 that comes along with major simplifications...
Eight months post-hurricane, 20 uprooted residents — and 5 staff members — finally celebrate return...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 25, 2018
As Hurricane Harvey bore down on the Gulf Coast last August, 90 long-term care residents from Rockport, TX, boarded charter buses and ambulances to make a trek to safety in the city of Bee Cave.