Even with PHE extension, providers worry about early demise of nurse aide waiver
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2021
The ongoing Public Health Emergency extends CMS waivers related to hiring, admissions and assessment practices. But as the agency has already shown, it has the authority to revoke those Section 1135 waivers...
After acquiring NJ properties from Genesis, Complete Care gets hit with labor board complaints
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2021
A major union announced Tuesday it had filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board against Complete Care Management over concerns about how the company is spending supplemental Medicaid funding...
Feds called on to adopt less restrictive provider fire and life safety codes
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 15, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is being urged to adopt an updated life safety code regulation after providers warned the edition slated to go into effect could cause “unnecessary nursing...
CMS surprises with therapy pay levels in 2022 Medicare physician fee rule
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 14, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services pleasantly surprised long-term care therapy providers with several parts of the new 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule that it released Tuesday.
HHS slow rolling long-term care on remaining Provider Relief Funds; industry demands action
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 14, 2021
Long-term care stakeholders are growing increasingly frustrated while waiting for the remaining billions of dollars in the Provider Relief Fund to be distributed by the federal government.
Shrinking lender pool could threaten a hot LTC market, Ziegler warns
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 08, 2021
A declining pool of lenders may have undercut some deals during what was otherwise a fast-paced quarter for mergers and acquisitions in long-term care and seniors housing.
Providers get relief: HHS loosens reporting requirements for PRF funding
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 14, 2021
Long-term care providers have gotten their wish and now have more flexibility to spend federal coronavirus relief funds after the Department of Health and Human Services eased reporting requirements for...
Lawmaker urges GAO to investigate private equity ownership of nursing homes, others
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 08, 2021
The private-equity landscape within long-term care could face additional scrutiny following the latest request from a federal lawmaker.
Families of residents at a North Carolina nursing home are accusing the provider of failing to address its chronic understaffing in a new class-action lawsuit that alleges the issue led to neglect.
Operator accused of inflating SNF stays to increase reimbursement for nearly a decade
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 04, 2021
A New York-based operator and 11 of its skilled nursing facilities are facing a federal healthcare fraud lawsuit after being accused of unnecessarily inflating patient stays and billing Medicare for excessive...