New site has care data: LTCfocUS.org is a care resource for nursing homes
Jan 01, 2010
The current healthcare reform debate has largely ignored nursing home care. This is due, in part, to a lack of data about how and why that care is given.
Smart Money: Understanding rates
By
William C. Fisher
Mar 01, 2012
All CFOs are taught that past performance is not an indication of future performance. Performance data is only part of how investment consultants evaluate money managers — and they use it with caution.
Looking to REITs for a loan? Opportunities may be short-lived if interest rates move downward
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 20, 2024
Higher interest rates that have made it harder for many providers to find capital from traditional sources are also motivating more real estate investment firms to move into lending.
Senators introduce bill to reform Medicare reform law
By
Haymarket Media
Feb 06, 2004
Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced at least the third bill aimed at reforming the Medicare law Thursday.
Warrant-free inspections ahead: Improper dispensing, record keeping lead LTC pharmacy to federal settlement
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 27, 2019
A long-term care pharmacy has agreed to pay $75,000 to resolve allegations that it improperly dispensed a controlled substance and failed to keep accurate records. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced...
Providers praise move by CMS to suspend standard surveys for nursing homes for 3 weeks; inspection finds...
By
Liza Berger
Danielle Brown
Mar 24, 2020
Long-term care providers on Monday said they appreciate a decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to limit surveys of nursing homes and other providers for a three-week period in the wake...
Nursing home settlement spurs HHS to investigate small health data breaches
By
Aug 23, 2016
A recent case involving a stolen iPhone containing nursing home residents’ medical records has prodded federal officials to place more scrutiny on smaller healthcare data breaches, according to the...
OIG investigation raises conflict of interest concerns in ZPIC program
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 11, 2012
Regulators need to be more aggressive in identifying conflicts of interest among Medicare’s fraud-fighting Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPICs), a new government report recommends.
Key senator pressures state survey agencies over staffing-related delays
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 13, 2022
Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) is demanding state survey agencies report information on extensive delays, staffing shortages and other challenges in the nursing home inspection process.
House budget leader talks Medicaid and Medicare reform
Feb 18, 2011
When President Obama released his proposed FY 2012 budget this week, he said entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are driving U.S. debt, but his proposal lacked specifics...