SNF, feds resolve dispute over sign language interpreter access
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Oct 14, 2016
A Pennsylvania nursing home has reached a resolution with federal officials in a dispute over the facility’s ability to provide a sign language interpreter for a prospective resident.
Court: HHS can’t delay Medicare appeals backlog case
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Sep 21, 2016
The Department of Health and Human Services won’t be able to push off litigation over its overwhelming backlog of Medicare appeals, a federal court ruled on Monday.
Potentially fatal drug errors missed by electronic ordering systems, report finds
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Apr 08, 2016
Computerized physician order entry systems don’t always catch potentially harmful or fatal medication errors, according to a report released Thursday.
MDS 3.0 updates strike
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James M. Berklan
Apr 02, 2012
At least providers can’t say they weren’t warned about major changes to the new MDS 3.0 and other resident assessment tools that started this month.
CLASS Act would not increase federal deficit, AAHSA’s Manard asserts
Nov 12, 2009
Barbara Manard, vice president of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, Wednesday countered criticism that the CLASS Act would contribute to the federal deficit.
Congress leaves Medicare and Medicaid untouched in $1.1 trillion spending bill
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Tim Mullaney
Dec 16, 2014
The $1.1 trillion spending bill passed by the Senate on Saturday will fund the government through September 2015, without any major changes to Medicare or Medicaid.
Senators press for SNF survey changes in light of adverse events report
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Tim Mullaney
Apr 07, 2014
The skilled nursing facility survey process is failing to ensure resident safety and needs to be improved, two prominent senators said in a recent letter to the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Hospice to pay $3 million to settle Medicare fraud whistleblower case
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 07, 2013
A Florida-based hospice provider has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging false Medicare claims, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
New finance deals for senior facilities
Aug 28, 2013
Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC has originated $172.1 million in financing for four Brookdale Senior Living communities.
Long-term care pharmacy groups propose changes to make short-cycle dispensing more efficient, cost-effective
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 05, 2013
Long-term care pharmacies are struggling with an Affordable Care Act provision related to short-cycle dispensing of brand name oral solid drugs, according to a recent letter from the Long Term Care Pharmacy...