After following through on a threat to hold the nomination of Michelle Leonhart to lead the Drug Enforcement Agency due to her inability or unwillingness to address an issue dear to nursing home operators,...
Lawmakers demand answers, imply oversight is inadequate
By
James M. Berklan
May 08, 2018
Legislators’ request for sweeping information about federal regulators’ oversight of nursing homes is part of a House Energy and Commerce Committee official inquiry. A letter from four U.S....
Providers force feds’ hand on COVID-19 reporting guidance
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2020
Some legal aspects about publicly reporting nursing homes’ COVID-19 infection rates and deaths were being ironed out as of press time. But federal authorities made it clear in late April that facilities...
Infection rates trigger relief pay
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2020
Nursing homes are subject to an incentive-based pay system for the last four months of 2020 when it comes to tapping into the most recently released $2 billion in COVID-19 relief funding, the Department...
CMS employs some late PDPM additions
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 04, 2019
New guidance on components of the Patient-Driven Payment Model were an added bonus to the fiscal 2020 final rule issued for Medicare participation.
Nursing home owners Sal and Mabel Mangano: Not guilty!
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2007
For three weeks, spanning August and September, much of the national nursing home community was glued to goings-on in a place they had never heard of before: St. Francisville, LA. Or at least they should...
4th Online Expo brings major topics to you
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2010
McKnight’s annual virtual meeting and trade show again will offer five free CEUs
11th Online Expo rolls out the red carpet
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 05, 2017
Long-term care’s virtual trade show continues its record-setting run with another round of top-rate educational sessions, up to 5 free CE credits, vendor booths and a whole lot more
14th Online Expo slated
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 02, 2020
Lessons learned under the Patient Driven Payment Model will be the theme of two webinars at the 14th annual McKnight’s Online Expo.
Audit program lacking: GAO
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 05, 2015
The government’s Recovery Audit Contractor program needs to be improved, asserts a new report from the Government Accountability Office.