CDC’s latest update to LTC COVID-19 module on NHSN site aims to improve data collection efforts … State lawmakers question COVID testing frequency at nursing homes … State fines SNF nearly $100K...
CMS should ensure quality measures actually match strategic objectives, OIG report asserts
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 23, 2019
A federal watchdog wants the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to get better at ensuring its quality measures actually match its strategic objectives aimed at improving care quality and reducing...
States must rethink nursing home financing to drive transition to managed care: report
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 04, 2022
States must change the way they pay for nursing home services as they transition to managed care, and luckily they have multiple options to do so, according to a new report released Friday by Advancing...
CMS missing opportunities to enforce staffing rules, watchdog warns
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 12, 2021
A watchdog agency is calling for a greater emphasis on staffing ratios during future nursing home surveys, saying the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is missing opportunities to use information...
Residents’ personalized effort puts $37,000 in their caregivers’ pockets
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 27, 2021
A resident-led resale shop at a Wisconsin senior living community has raised more than $37,000 in scholarship funding for staff members at the facility.
BREAKING: HHS awards nursing homes $523M in COVID-19 performance payments
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 07, 2020
Federal authorities announced Monday that it will be distributing $523 million in the second round of performance payments. More than 9,000 nursing homes that have successfully reduced COVID-19-related...
Kansas GOP lawmaker under fire for supporting Medicaid expansion
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Danielle Brown
Mar 11, 2020
One of Kansas’ top GOP lawmakers is facing increased scrutiny for his effort to expand the state’s Medicaid program.
AHCA’s Parkinson, LeadingAge’s Franco named ‘Top Lobbyists’
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 18, 2019
Leaders at the nation’s two biggest long-term care provider groups were recently honored for their lobbying efforts.
New study provides managerial insights for nursing home standardization, M&A activities
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 27, 2022
Chain-operated nursing homes that customize some services tend to perform better financially, according to a new study.
Bill would reform nursing home licensing laws
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 31, 2022
A new bill would close an unusual loophole in California, requiring all nursing home owners and those planning to buy facilities to get a license before taking control.