Health agency faces lawsuit for withholding cost estimates of Medicare reform law
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Haymarket Media
May 24, 2004
Nineteen Democratic members of the House Committee on Government Reform filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against the Department of Health and Human Services for refusing to release cost estimates for the...
Provider hit with class action lawsuit over inaccurate background check report
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Apr 25, 2017
An Indiana-based healthcare management group is facing a class action lawsuit after one applicant claims she was denied a job at the company due to an allegedly false background check report.
Providers fear Medicaid change that could cost them $246M
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2019
Providers in New York are “taking out all the stops to defeat” a proposed change to the way the state calculates reimbursement rates for long-term care facilities. The proposal could cost operators...
Lawmakers: Phase 2 can wait
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 06, 2017
Two dozen senators made what amounted to a last-ditch effort to get implementation of Phase 2 of the Requirements of Participation delayed in late November.
EEOC sues home for failure to comply with agreement
By
Holly Petrovich
Jun 18, 2015
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has charged a North Carolina nursing home for failing to pay a settlement to a disabled employee.
CMS opens data to private and commercial sector research
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Jun 04, 2015
Entrepreneurs and other private-sector researchers will soon be able to access data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including the Medicare fee-for-service claims database, for commercial...
Software platform upgraded
May 31, 2017
EarlySense has announced the latest version of its integrated patient monitoring and data analytics software platform.
Deadline for mental health plan comments midnight Monday
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 15, 2014
Advocates for better mental health services for adults will be pressing until at least midnight Monday to have comments submitted to include seniors in a new federal behavioral health plan,
Rent battle to enter another month
By
Haymarket Media
Jul 01, 2006
The dispute between Kindred Healthcare Inc. and its landlord, Ventas Inc., will continue into July.
Bush says he would veto bill that eliminates union secret ballots
By
Haymarket Media
Feb 16, 2007
In a move that may appeal to many nursing home owners, President Bush has threatened to veto legislation that would allow workers to form unions by signing cards rather than voting by secret ballots.