Memphis rehabilitation center to pay $500K for providing ‘worthless’ services
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 06, 2018
Spring Gate Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Memphis will pay $500,000 to federal authorities and Tennessee to resolve false claims allegations.
State: Nursing home’s neglect led to resident’s bed-rail suffocation
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 17, 2018
Minnesota officials have blamed the operators of a 94-bed nursing home for the death of a resident who suffocated when her head was trapped between a mattress and a grab bar.
Authorities using data to file False Claims charges, take whistleblowers out of equation
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Apr 18, 2016
Some states are turning to data mining, a method of finding patterns in large amounts of data, to prevent whistleblowers from swaying False Claims Act cases, one expert shared last week.
CMS should publicly push Congress to reform therapy payment system, long-term care provider association...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 09, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should openly urge Congress to change the way therapy services are reimbursed, the nation’s largest long-term care provider association stated in recent...
Pandemic safety measures raised seniors’ risk for depression, anxiety, analysts say
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 05, 2022
Older adults who stayed at home and practiced social distancing during the pandemic were more likely to experience mental health problems, including twice the risk of depressive symptoms, a new study finds.
COVID data still insufficient from state veterans nursing homes, GAO warns
By
Danielle Brown
May 18, 2021
State veterans nursing homes are again being pressured to collect COVID-19 case and death data to help its future response to the coronavirus.
93% of SNFs reported no new cases of COVID-19 to end February
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 11, 2021
Coronavirus cases at skilled nursing facilities continued to drop at a dramatic rate following more widespread access to COVID vaccines, according to the latest research from the National Investment Center...
GAO: Nursing homes unlikely to use point-of-care COVID tests in states that question accuracy
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 29, 2021
A disconnect between federal and state or local policies has a direct effect on POC antigen test use in these settings, according to a comprehensive report released Thursday by the U.S. Government Accountability...
Coronavirus cases in nursing homes show alarming spike, AHCA warns
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 12, 2020
Nursing homes are experiencing an alarming jump in COVID-19 cases, a new report by the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living has revealed.
What providers can learn from the first US coronavirus outbreak
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 19, 2020
Long-term care staff inadvertently spread coronavirus between facilities in the early days of the first U.S. outbreak in Washington.