Troubled nursing home petitions Supreme Court to preserve its Medicare, Medicaid certifications
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Feb 08, 2017
A Florida skilled nursing provider that filed for bankruptcy has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to save it from being excluded from the Medicaid and Medicare programs.
Nursing home contests $50,000 fine for resident’s death after lift breaks
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Oct 12, 2016
An Illinois nursing home fined $50,000 for a mechanical lift failure that reportedly caused a resident’s death plans to fight back against the fine, according to local reports.
Medicare fraud case against SavaSeniorCare rolls on
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Oct 03, 2016
A lawsuit that accuses one of the nation’s largest nursing facility operators of overbilling Medicare for unnecessary therapy services will proceed, a federal court has ruled, despite the company’s...
llinois providers file lawsuits to stop competitor’s expansion
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Jun 22, 2016
Three Illinois nursing homes have taken legal action in an attempt slow the expansion of a transitional care-focused competitor in Chicago’s western suburbs.
Nursing home must pay $21,000 for failing to accommodate CNA with arthritis
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 19, 2018
An employment safety watchdog is ordering one North Carolina provider to pay up after it fired a certified nursing assistant who was unable to perform her duties because of arthritis.
Sewage leaks present nursing home with ‘drop dead’ deadline after years of complaints
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 16, 2018
An Iowa nursing home is facing a do-or-die deadline to fix sewage leaks after nearly five years of letting the issue linger. Complaints from neighbors and inspections by local authorities have been ongoing...
Economic impact of family caregivers is substantial, report suggests
Jul 19, 2011
Well over 40 million Americans provided care for an adult family member in 2009, representing an unpaid economic impact of approximately $450 billion, according to a new report from the AARP Public Policy...
CBO proposes premium support system for Medicare
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Haymarket Media
Dec 14, 2006
The Congressional Budget Office has proposed using a premium support system for Medicare to save the government money and to encourage competition between private health plans and the traditional fee-for-service...
Updated Five-Star doesn’t fix accuracy issues, senator says
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Aug 12, 2016
New quality measures added to the Five-Star Quality Rating System this week are unlikely to improve the accuracy of the ratings, according to one lawmaker.
New York state may assume bigger chunk of Medicaid bill
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Haymarket Media
Jan 06, 2005
Budget advisors for New York Gov. George E. Pataki said on Tuesday they are considering a plan to increase the amount the state contributes to New York’s skyrocketing Medicaid costs, costs currently...