CMS leader cautions drug plans to smooth Part D transitions
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Haymarket Media
Apr 04, 2006
New Medicare drug benefit enrollees must still be offered a 30-day transition period and newly institutionalized beneficiaries must be given a 90-day transition period, the leader of the Medicare program...
Nursing home reviewing pain plans after $117,000 fine for alleged inadequate opioid prescribing
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Marty Stempniak
Sep 21, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has saddled a Washington state nursing home with a $117,000 fine after it allegedly failed to adequately treat a resident’s pain. Charges stem from a May...
Little Sisters of the Poor to fight state attorneys over ACA contraception mandate rollback
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Nov 27, 2017
The Little Sisters of the Poor, the nursing home-operating group of nuns that made headlines for its battle against the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate, is taking up the fight...
Genesis sued in resident sex assault case
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Nov 09, 2017
The family of a resident who authorities say was sexually assaulted at her Rhode Island facility is suing Genesis Healthcare on the grounds it could have done more to prevent the crime.
Court grants nursing home a win in appeal of $1 million medical negligence suit
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May 01, 2017
An Ohio appeals court has ruled in favor of a skilled nursing facility in a medical malpractice case, granting its appeal and vacating the more than $1 million in damages and attorney fees levied against...
Proposed hospital payment rule includes updates to readmission, HAC programs
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Apr 18, 2017
A proposed rule to update Medicare hospital payments for fiscal year 2018 could mean changes to programs aimed at reducing readmissions and hospital-acquired conditions, officials announced Friday.
Ex-judge asks to rescind guilty plea in nursing home bribery case
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Feb 16, 2016
A former judge is asking to withdraw his guilty plea on charges he took a bribe in exchange for reducing a $5.2 million judgment against a nursing home.
OIG changes its mind on referral services discounts
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 09, 2014
Providers cannot use an online service that involves money for referrals within its network, federal regulars now say, reversing course on an advisory opinion issued three years ago. The edict came from...
Government presses therapy provider to repay $3 million in Medicare reimbursements
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 21, 2013
A New Jersey-based outpatient therapy provider should pay back the government for $3.1 million in improper Medicare reimbursements identified in a recent audit, according to the Department of Health and...
Court upholds $5.75 million verdict against former nursing home officers, board members
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McKnight's Staff
May 24, 2013
A $5.75 million verdict will stand and there will be no new trial in the case against officers and board members of a former Pennsylvania nursing home, a federal judge recently ruled.