$96M Medicaid funding gap menaces state’s facilities, threatens closures
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Josh Henreckson
Jan 17, 2024
Persistent and growing Medicaid funding gaps have pushed Maine long-term care leaders to request urgent relief from the state government. The LTC reimbursement shortfall has expanded to $96 million dollars,...
State Supreme Court takes on law firm ads targeting nursing homes
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Apr 28, 2016
Law firms running advertisements against specific nursing homes was debated in the Georgia Supreme Court Wednesday.
RAC audits: Skilled nursing facilities accounted for miniscule portion of 2011 Medicare overpayments
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 07, 2013
Skilled nursing facilities accounted for only about $200,000 of $797 million in collected Medicare overpayments in 2011 identified by Recovery Audit Contractors, according to an annual audit report released...
Oh, the places they’ll go: Provider gives residents the vacation of a lifetime
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Nov 21, 2017
For many residents living in Signature HealthCARE’s Hometown facilities, vacations weren’t a regular part of pre-long-term care life. There were farms and families to be taken care of, after...
Employee fingerprint scans land provider in class-action lawsuit
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Oct 20, 2017
An Illinois nursing home is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by a worker who argues that the facility’s required daily fingerprint scans pose a threat to their privacy.
Hospice providers to pay $12.2 million to settle kickback allegations involving nursing homes
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Apr 19, 2017
A North Carolina-based hospice provider and its affiliates will pay $12.2 million to resolve claims that it paid kickbacks to long-term care facilities and other providers in exchange for patient referrals,...
House bill slashes CMS funding, devotes $1.26 billion for Alzheimer’s
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Jul 07, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would receive a funding cut of more than $500 million under a spending bill released Wednesday by a House committee.
Also in the News for Wednesday, March 17
Mar 17, 2021
Antibiotic use in nursing homes saw a big jump in early pandemic months … PA nursing homes fined more than $31K for COVID-related complaints … First-of-its-kind study finds Pfizer COVID vaccine highly...
AHCA supports push for clarity in value-based purchasing, quality program implementation, leader says
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Jun 19, 2015
Quality reporting and value-based purchasing should be coordinated with the Nursing Home Quality Initiative, the American Health Care Association and American Hospital Association agreed this week.
Knee, hip replacements qualify for therapy cap exceptions, CMS says
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Haymarket Media
Feb 18, 2006
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week outlined the Medicare Part B therapy caps exceptions process for providers.