Mississippi: Barbour targets Medicaid as way to balance budget
Jan 03, 2011
Gov. Haley Barbour (R) is looking to Medicaid to balance the state’s troubled budget. Barbour’s proposal includes a 4% reduction in Medicaid payments to nursing homes and an 8% cut to hospitals...
Resident photo use OK’d
Mar 04, 2020
MINNESOTA — Nursing home providers, take note: A Minnesota senior living facility was not in violation of a state health records law after a nurse’s aide posted a photo of a resident on social media,...
COVID-19 testing halted
Jun 01, 2020
Massachusetts — State officials temporarily paused a program that provided coronavirus testing kits to long-term care providers in an effort to improve quality control problems, a state official said...
Iowa: Governor-elect defends nursing homes over surveyors
Dec 01, 2010
Governor-elect Terry Branstad (R) recently told Iowa Public Television viewers that the state’s nursing home inspectors have “a gotcha attitude” when it comes to in the way they enforce...
State News for July 2017
Jul 06, 2017
Illinois must reprioritize payments in order to make a dent in its $2 billion backlog of bills owed to Medicaid providers, including long-term care operators, a federal judge ordered in June.
New York, New Jersey facilities struggle to recover after Hurricane Sandy and winter snowstorm
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 02, 2012
It could be months before New York and New Jersey long-term care facilities and their residents fully recover from the double whammy of Hurricane Sandy and the subsequent nor’easter winter storm...
Whopping Medicaid cuts to hit nursing facilities hard
Dec 01, 2011
California has managed to gain Obama administration approval to cut the state’s Medicaid program funding by $1.4 billion. Providers soon will feel the sting of 10% reimbursement cuts.
Florida’s reopening plan for nursing homes earns praise from CMS chief, may have informed guidance
Oct 01, 2020
Florida may have served as a template for the federal government’s guidance unveiled in September on nursing home visitation. The plan received high praise from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
State News for January/February 2022
Feb 01, 2022
Staffing pressures and Medicaid reimbursement issues being felt around the nation pushed several Nebraska nursing homes to their ends in late 2021.
State News
Apr 01, 2014
PENNSYLVANIA – The state’s nursing home operators say they are approaching fiscal disaster as facilities look at razor-thin margins half the national average.