Nursing homes seek overdue Medicaid managed care payments
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 21, 2017
Several managed care organizations providing Medicaid coverage in Illinois are being accused in federal court of taking too long to get payments to skilled nursing facilities.
Khoi Luong appointed SVP of post-acute care for NYC Health + Hospitals
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2022
NYC Health + Hospitals has appointed Khoi Luong, DO, senior vice president of post-acute care for the public health system, the nation’s largest.
Premier Health Care sells 1,062 beds
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 24, 2019
Optalis Healthcare, Inc., a leading skilled nursing and senior living company based in Novi, MI, has purchased five Detroit-area properties from Premier Health Care Management, Inc. Premier CEO and co-founder...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Jan. 3
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2023
CNA on way home from Buffalo-area nursing home among those killed in Christmas weekend blizzard … Welltower partner Integra assigns ProMedica facilities to 15 regional operators, “evaluating opportunistic...
Naughty or nice, residents vow to make 2018 worth living
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 17, 2018
A fresh year means reason to celebrate for residents of the Los Angeles Jewish Home.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Oct. 4
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2023
$81million NIH grant to study nursing home dementia care … Consider these documentation practices help mitigate litigation risks for providers … Senator urges CMS to crack down on Medicaid MCOs denying...
LTC Properties had its strongest investment year since 2015, company leaders said Thursday, with Chairman and CEO Wendy Simpson touting $170 million in annual investment as proof of a “hard-won positive...
Mailed arbitration agreement doesn’t cut it in home health case
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 09, 2019
A home care assistant who claims she never received an arbitration agreement by mail has won the right to seek back-wages in court.
NIH head says full Pfizer vaccine approval could come this summer
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 20, 2021
Waiting for full federal approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is no reason to delay protection, the director of the National Institutes of Health said Monday, but those still holding out for the end...
Seniorlink adds Fronckiewicz to C-suite
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2019
Seniorlink Inc., a leading tech-enabled health services company has appointed Diane Fronckiewicz, J.D., as its new vice president, chief compliance and privacy officer. She will oversee all regulatory,...