Federal initiative expands IT funding for long-term care
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Mar 04, 2016
Long-term care providers can receive additional technology funding under a new initiative announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday.
Report: Triggered Medicare cuts would hit hospitals harder than nursing homes
Nov 23, 2011
Nursing homes will be impacted less than hospitals and physicians if the automatic cuts to Medicare providers are implemented, a new report finds. The 2% across-the-board Medicare cuts are scheduled as...
Republicans lobby for CLASS repeal; aging groups push back
Nov 04, 2011
Senate Republicans are continuing to push for repeal of the CLASS Act.
Appraisers: Kindred rent to Ventas should be $33 million more
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Haymarket Media
Oct 11, 2006
Appraisers chosen by landlord Ventas and its embattled main tenant, Kindred Healthcare, said four master leases should increase cumulatively by $33.1 million annually.
Nursing home providers hit with disability, racial discrimination lawsuits from EEOC
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Oct 03, 2017
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit on Friday against a Maryland skilled nursing facility, arguing that it failed to promote an employee based on her race and age.
Long-term care providers, physicians at loggerheads over pace of doctor payment reform
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Tim Mullaney
Feb 11, 2014
Long-term care and physician groups may be headed for an impasse when it comes to fixing Medicare’s system for paying doctors.
Former SNF operator out $300,000 after failing to provide sign language services
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Danielle Brown
Oct 19, 2021
A former operator of 38 skilled nursing facilities accused of not supplying sign language interpretation for a deaf resident will shell out more than a quarter of a billion dollars to settle the allegations.
Medicaid redesign provokes privacy concerns
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Danielle Brown
Aug 28, 2019
Public comments submitted over the state’s plan to redesign its Medicaid program are being kept private after the state raised HIPAA concerns.
Court blocks resident’s estate from appealing SNF arbitration ruling
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Jan 13, 2017
The estate of a deceased nursing home resident can’t appeal a previous court’s decision that required them to arbitrate their dispute with the nursing home where she died, a federal appeals...
Lawsuit against Preferred Care Partners will continue, judge rules
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Jun 13, 2016
A lawsuit alleging inadequate care from one of the nation’s largest skilled nursing providers will proceed as planned, a New Mexico district judge ruled last week.