Big Apple visitor gives Australian facility resident ‘best’ day of her life
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 24, 2018
A walk through the halls of her Australian nursing home turned into the best day of Berenice Benson’s life when she found herself escorted by one of New York City’s finest.
Kansas employee’s email blast wrongly reveals personal information of 11,000 aging services recipients
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 05, 2018
A now-fired staff member with Kansas’ Department for Aging and Disability Services improperly disclosed personal information for 11,000 people in an email sent to multiple addresses, state officials...
Improper payments, bad data threaten access to long-term care, GAO health leader testifies
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 13, 2018
Despite efforts to reduce improper payments in Medicaid, they continue to increase — rising to about $37 billion in fiscal year 2017, the Government Accountability Office’s healthcare director...
Skilled nursing providers would lose out under Trump’s revised payment system
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 14, 2018
A plan to lump together payments to all post-acute providers would be a budget cut dressed up as reform, providers said after reviewing the Department of Health and Human Services budget proposal.
Republicans reconsider targeting Medicare, Medicaid in election year
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2018
Last weekend’s Camp David retreat has Republicans rethinking their earlier ambitions to reform safety-net programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, fearing a lack of support heading into midterm...
Kansas suing nursing home that failed to protect privacy after closing
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 15, 2017
State of Kansas officials are suing a nursing home that’s been closed for almost a year, alleging the owner did not remove personal information of former residents or employees from the subsequently...
Advocacy group calls on CMS to increase Medicare audits, expand review criteria
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2018
The Council for Medicare Integrity this week asked Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to expand efforts to reduce improper Medicare billing as heading off some planned program cuts.
Plaintiff attorneys claim CMS is blocking once-public nursing home info under Trump
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Kimberly Marselas
May 22, 2018
Attorneys who investigate abuse and neglect at the nation’s nursing homes say the Trump administration is blocking access to records and charging large fees when they do produce them, according to...
Veterans Affairs plans to borrow from the CMS fraud-prevention playbook
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 24, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will share its best fraud prevention tactics used against nursing homes and other providers with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the agencies said...
Pilot program for nursing home supervisors improves facility culture, staff and resident satisfaction
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 21, 2018
Efforts to improve frontline supervision can improve the quality of entry-level jobs in long-term care and lead to higher retention of certified nursing assistants and better patient care, according to...