Lawmakers to CMS: Stop making new payment models mandatory
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Oct 04, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ mandatory payment models exceed the agency’s authority and pose potential risks to older beneficiaries, House lawmakers say in a letter to federal...
GAO will investigate Five-Star rating system
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Aug 28, 2015
In a move sure to surprise many providers, the Government Accountability Office will investigate the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Five-Star Quality Rating System, according to a published...
Nursing home residents, state officials clash over wild pet duck
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Oct 02, 2015
Residents at a California senior living facility are facing off with state wildlife officials over a wild duck they’ve raised as a pet for the past two years.
‘Unnecessarily time-consuming’ documentation may be on chopping block, CMS admin suggests
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Aug 23, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is working on initiatives aimed at alleviating providers’ burden and simplifying federal regulations, Administrator Seema Verma said in a blog post published...
Kindred subsidiary moved non-terminal patients to hospice care, lawsuit claims
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Jul 13, 2017
Kindred Healthcare Inc. affiliate Gentiva allegedly billed Medicare for hospice services unnecessarily, according to a whistleblower lawsuit unsealed on Monday.
Massachusetts overhauling its nursing home oversight
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Feb 12, 2016
Massachusetts officials unveiled a plan Wednesday for strengthening oversight of the state’s nursing home industry, including surprise inspections and increased fines for problem facilities.
Maryland provider wins Gold in Tech Awards Dignity category
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Sep 29, 2015
Charles E. Smith Life Communities won the Gold Award in the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards in the Dignity category for its use of this interactive memory care.
Carter to retire as head of AANAC, AADNS
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Nov 20, 2017
Diane Carter, MSN, RN, RAC-CT, C-NE, FAAN, will retire from her position as president and CEO of the American Association of Directors of Nursing Services and American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination...
Nursing home CEO who spent Medicaid funds at strip clubs sentenced to prison
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Oct 11, 2017
The former CEO of a shuttered Missouri skilled nursing facility has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for embezzling $667,000 in Medicaid funds and using it for personal expenses including...
Former CMS admins: Continued payment innovation testing ‘vital’
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May 31, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should continue testing healthcare payment innovation initiatives “in a focused and thoughtful manner,” two former heads of the agency wrote last...