Judge bars SNF physicians from making end-of-life decisions for residents
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Feb 09, 2016
A California judge has ordered nursing home physicians to stop making end-of-life decisions and administering psychiatric drugs to residents deemed mentally incompetent.
CMS urges providers to look at ‘big picture’ of IMPACT Act, health data
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Feb 05, 2016
Although providers are rightfully preoccupied with the requirements of the Improving Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014, they should also be paying attention to widespread changes in data standardization...
CMS discharge proposal draws criticism
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Feb 04, 2016
Despite showing general support, providers believe a recent discharge planning proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs additional clarification to it to ensure smooth patient transitions...
Results of rehospitalization reduction efforts ‘promising’, CMS says
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Feb 04, 2016
Early results of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ initiative to reduce hospitalizations among nursing home residents indicates a promising start to the program, CMS officials say.
Don’t fear the millennials
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Feb 02, 2016
When you’re a young person who began mulling career choices in the midst of the Great Recession, and then went on to pick a profession lovingly referred to as “dying,” odds are you’ll...
ACO evaluation should be based on region, not history, CMS says
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Feb 01, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is considering changing its evaluation of accountable care organizations to be based on regional spending fee-for-service costs.
Groups urge Supreme Court to reject FCA provider liability theory
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Feb 01, 2016
Professional associations are pushing for the Supreme Court to reject a “one-size-fits-all” liability theory under the False Claims Act when the court reviews the issue this year.
State AG can use private law firms against nursing homes, court rules
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Jan 29, 2016
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office may continue using private law firms in consumer protection lawsuits against nursing homes, a state court ruled earlier this month.
‘Messy’ proposal for Medicare PAC spending alarms providers
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Jan 25, 2016
The development of Medicare cost measures for post-acute care is moving too quickly to account for the complex nature of the issues, worried provider groups say.
Senate committee releases EHR overhaul draft bill
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Jan 22, 2016
A star-rating system and Interoperability improvements for electronic health records are among the proposals in a draft bill released Wednesday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.