ProMedica Senior Care betting on partners with ‘skin in the game’
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 15, 2021
A hospital-to-skilled nursing conversion project uniting ProMedica and Ohio’s MetroHealth is the first of several collaborations the giant senior care operator is planning to launch this year. It’s...
MemoryWell, PointClickCare link biographies, health info
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 25, 2019
MemoryWell, a digital platform for storytelling, is partnering with PointClickCare to integrate patients’ health records and information with their life histories. MemoryWell is a digital platform for...
Nursing home staffing shortages will lead to fines under ‘historic’ new law
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James M. Berklan
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 07, 2019
Nursing home workers are cheering passage of a bill that will penalize providers who under-staff their facilities, and in what might be a surprise to some, operators are also taking a supporting position...
Also in the News for Wednesday, April 5
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 05, 2023
HUD, CMS key in forging ‘total redesign’ of nursing homes: consumer advocate … Merger of Good Samaritan Society, Ebenezer parent organizations delayed again … Nursing home staffing mandate may...
Minnesota lawmakers ax measure to ensure visitors access to nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 24, 2024
As advocates work to advance a federal bill ensuring “essential caregivers” can visit nursing home residents even during emergencies, one state is taking the opposite stance.
CMS proposes 1.3% pay increase — with plenty of strings attached
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Kimberly Marselas
Danielle Brown
Apr 09, 2021
A proposal that would boost Medicare payments to skilled nursing providers by 1.3% next fiscal year also could trigger additional reporting requirements and increase the potential for penalties.
MA plans pocket billions more by enrolling less-costly patients
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 16, 2023
Medicare Advantage plans may be receiving overpayments of as much as 20%, finds a new study published by a health and aging think tank.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Aug. 17
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 17, 2022
Deadline to close public San Francisco nursing home extended 2 months … Two Gold Quality winners repeat in AHCA’s 2022 Excellence in Quality awards … U.S. approves over-the-counter hearing aids...
Also in the News for Monday, March 6
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 06, 2023
NC Medicaid expansion would remove certificate-of-need rules … NY officials still holding off on staffing mandate fines … Medicare Advantage yielded strongest margins for insurers, study finds …...
Also in the News for Friday, Feb. 10
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 10, 2023
Wisconsin averaging one nursing home closure per month … Two convicted of fraud over lifting equipment never delivered to nursing homes … Legal saga continues in case of management firm seizing resident...