Vet and health leaders push for $7.5M more for nursing home infection control and private rooms
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 04, 2024
Leaders of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and Department of Health have called on state lawmakers to pump $7.5 million more for nursing home funding into the governor’s proposed...
$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,...
‘Whistleblower’ owes landmark $1.1M to nursing home for groundless False Claims case
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 20, 2024
A judge has awarded a landmark $1.1 million in attorney fees to a nursing home targeted in a False Claims case found “frivolous” for its reliance on publicly available and false information.
CMS delivers providers payment lifelines in the wake of Change Healthcare outage
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 12, 2024
Federal regulators are opening pathways to shore up nursing homes’ finances in the wake of a cyberattack that has impacted Medicare and Medicaid billing nationwide.
The RAC is back, increasing scrutiny in a complex nursing home audit environment
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2024
Audits of skilled nursing providers are likely to increase this year, with a growing number of federal and state recovery audits adding to specialized compliance reviews announced last year.
Nursing home illegally blocked union access: Judge
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 17, 2024
A nursing home violated federal labor law by unilaterally limiting union access to its facility, threatening legal action and calling the police to enforce that restriction, a National Labor Relations...
Can nurse aide tie COVID infection to nursing home work? A court will let her try
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 15, 2024
A certified nursing assistant can continue pursuing worker’s compensation for lung injuries she allegedly sustained after contracting COVID-19 while on the job in June 2020. The Alabama Court of Civil...
AI could play role in preventing prescribing of unnecessary drugs in older adults
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 19, 2024
A new study finds that artificial intelligence could encourage doctors to stop prescribing drugs that aren’t necessary — especially in older folks who tend to be on multiple medications. The report...
Researchers pinpoint pre-diagnosis care paths in people with Alzheimer’s disease, other dementia
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 26, 2024
Every person with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias has a unique journey of how they discovered their diagnosis. A new study in Alzheimer’s & Dementia examined the patterns that led up...
With CMPs in the spotlight, persistent provider gets its penalties cut by 86 percent
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 01, 2024
An Arizona long-term care provider facing a quarter-million-dollar penalty for alleged HIPAA infractions converted that judgment into a settlement for just one-seventh that amount after a diligent defense...