Docs got $22.5M in overpayments by miscoding services during SNF stays: OIG
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 01, 2023
Physicians billed Medicare for at least $22 million in services that should have been included under a skilled nursing stay, a new report from the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General...
Bill would eliminate predatory staffing agency fees
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 10, 2023
Lawmakers in Colorado are poised to prohibit agency collection of fees charged to operators who hire agency nurses full-time.
From Genesis to Revelation: Nursing home helps break Bible-reading record one book at a time
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Kimberly Marselas
May 09, 2018
Virginia nursing home resident Nancy Macy had already read the Bible in its entirety three times, but she’d sent her well-worn King James home with family and thought she might not spend time with...
Key House leader eyes Medigap expansion for long-term care
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2019
The chair of the House Ways and Means Committee would consider allowing popular Medigap insurance plans to offer long-term care provisions for seniors.
Biden targets nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2022
President Joe Biden made nursing home history March 1, when he included the sector in his first State of the Union address. Biden pledged a crackdown on private-equity investors and vowed tougher oversight.
Apply now for SAIVA Innovation Grants promoting applied AI
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 21, 2020
Applications for SAIVA’s new grant program supporting the adoption of machine learning are due Nov. 6. The goal of the grants is to help long-term and post-acute care providers reduce rehospitalizations....
LincWare tracking tool screens and records data
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Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2020
LincWare is offering its automated visitor and employee sign-in and tracking tool free to help senior living communities and healthcare providers efficiently screen employees and visitors electronically...
BREAKING: CMS increases hours to 3.48 in final staffing rule
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 22, 2024
Nursing homes will be required to deliver 3.48 hours daily of direct patient care under a final staffing mandate issued this morning.
Lighthouse Care to shine at PA community
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 25, 2018
Lighthouse Care Updates is licensing its family communication portal to Restore Health at University City in Philadelphia.
Wasserman goes the distance
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
Michael Wasserman, M.D., President, California Association of Long Term Care Medicine