Four Massachusetts nursing homes finalize closures following state bed-reduction effort … Brandt tapped for ProMedica promotion … CMS allows nursing homes, other healthcare facilities to use green...
State cases add to SNF worries
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2023
An annual report outlining fraud control activities in the nation’s Medicaid facilities portends a challenging year ahead.
Brandt tapped for ProMedica promotion
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2023
Following a major reduction of its skilled nursing portfolio, ProMedica is restructuring the leadership of its senior care division.
State News: Nation’s first long-term care payroll tax set to resume
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2023
After state officials had delayed implementation of the nation’s first long-term care payroll tax, lawmakers this winter failed to defeat it permanently.
Industry’s best are on top and on stage
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2023
More than 200 aging services professionals, business partners and supporters celebrated a who’s-who of industry veterans in grand style during the inaugural McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ceremony in February.
Feds broaden nursing home quality campaign with new discharge, satisfaction and vaccination measures
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made one thing clear when it issued its newly proposed nursing home pay rule last week: Promoting nursing home quality improvement is driving policy formation.
Nursing homes’ ownership complexity faces challenge in multi-state case
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2023
A Pennsylvania corporation must face claims related to operations of a facility it owns in Florida, following a state court decision that could be a blow to nursing homes’ often complex ownership structures.
Proposal would help more providers reduce civil monetary penalties
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 07, 2023
Providers who don’t plan to appeal a civil monetary penalty but fail to file a hearing waiver would still be in line for a fee reduction under a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposal issued...
NLRB backs decision clearing nursing home on firings
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 07, 2023
A Missouri nursing home didn’t violate federal labor law when it fired five union supporters, the National Labor Relations Board ruled in affirming findings that one of the workers was sleeping on...
Concerns continue after CMS delays staffing rule unveiling
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Jessica R. Towhey
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 07, 2023
Skilled nursing providers who had readied themselves for the unveiling of a national staffing mandate as part of the 2024 pay rule were left reading the tea leaves this week after federal regulators delayed...