Cigna fights nursing homes’ pending sale, citing potential for broken agreements
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 27, 2024
Cigna has filed a legal motion objecting to the sale of a group of nursing homes as part of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The major insurer claims the sale would give the providers “carte blanche”...
State pushed for $103 million for nursing homes, greater resident funding
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 25, 2024
Advocates for long-term care providers in New Jersey and their residents are taking competing annual funding pleas to government leaders to the wire.
Expert panel identifies 2 steps providers should take to lure back departed workers
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 24, 2024
The long-term care sector’s ongoing workforce challenges may at times seem too complicated to solve, but providers should take action aimed at both big-picture and internal, work culture solutions.
Lawmakers say CMS should ban Medicare Advantage’s use of AI to deny care
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 26, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should consider banning artificial intelligence from being used to deny Medicare Advantage coverage pending a “systematic review,” a group of 49 congressional...
Overdose victims ‘significantly’ less likely to have fatal repeat if in nursing home care:...
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 24, 2024
Researchers have identified medications effective for treating opioid use disorder, and say that Medicaid patients who took them during follow-up care in a nursing home were “significantly” less likely...
Once at the edge of closure, nation’s second-largest nursing home earns Medicare recertification
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 21, 2024
After fighting for years to improve its care quality and avoid closure, one of the nation’s largest nursing homes has achieved Medicare recertification — clearing a vital final hurdle for its future...
HUD should invest more in vital nursing home revamping projects: experts
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 18, 2024
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development should play a larger role in driving much-needed renovations and quality improvements in the long-term care sector, a group of industry experts maintain...
Top state court rejects nursing homes’ plea to toss spending requirement
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 21, 2024
A state Supreme Court judge last week dismissed the concerns of 130 New York nursing homes who argued that New York’s “70/40” spending requirement was not just unfair but also unconstitutional.
Long-term care providers’ EHR adoption has stalled out, study and widespread worries reflect
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 13, 2024
In a “concerning trend,” providers of aging services such as skilled nursing have stalled in their progress toward adopting advanced electronic health record technology, according to a newly released...
CMS sends update on $75M nursing home recruitment campaign, but providers’ concerns linger
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 13, 2024
CMS’ admitted lack of a plan thus far for the $75 million it intends to use to spur development of more nursing home workers is further puncturing providers’ hopes for helpful change.