Grassley wants explanation for performance-based bonuses
Mar 05, 2008
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) is upset with the way some Iowa nursing facilities are receiving performance-pay bonuses and has said he will ask federal regulators to explain them. Grassley’s request...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, March 24
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 24, 2021
Judge denies Omnicare request to dismiss fraud lawsuit involving resident prescriptions at more than 3,000 senior living communities … Natural COVID infection not ‘durable’ protection compared with...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Nov. 18
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 18, 2021
OSHA suspends implementation of COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses … Feds expected to OK Pfizer’s COVID vaccine boosters for all adults; Moderna requests the same for its shot … 12 more...
Provider victory: Appeals court denies state’s bid to suspend license due to staffing shortage
By
Danielle Brown
May 05, 2022
A Florida nursing home can remain open and won’t be forced to transfer its residents after an appeals court denied a push by the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration to revoke its license.
What long-term care operators are doing to comply with federal vaccination rule by first deadline
By
Danielle Brown
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2021
It’s all hands on deck as long-term care operators quickly develop implementation plans to comply with the new federal COVID-19 vaccination rule for workers with the first deadline just over three weeks...
CMS will work with states, providers to help them comply with vaccine rule: report
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 17, 2022
West Virginia and Virginia’s requests for a waiver from the healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccine mandate for rural providers and state-run facilities likely won’t be granted by the Centers for Medicare...
Providers target ‘bottleneck’ in hiring of foreign RNs, therapists
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 07, 2022
Long-term care providers are calling on the Department of Labor to improve the process it uses to determine prevailing wages for foreign physical therapists and registered nurses as a way to ease the ongoing...
$560 million in additional Provider Relief Funds headed to providers
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 25, 2022
The federal government is delivering $560 million in Provider Relief Funds to COVID-impacted healthcare providers starting this week.
Senate leaders amp up pressure to highlight facility vax rates
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 14, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is facing additional pressure from two Democratic lawmakers to make COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing home residents and workers more accessible for...
DOJ probe on states’ nursing home policies draws criticism
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 04, 2020
The Department of Justice is being accused of deploying a partisan attack in an effort to humiliate Democratic governors after it announced a potential probe into four state’s controversial nursing home...