CMS: Don’t wait to plan emergency preparedness training exercises
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Mar 29, 2017
Healthcare providers will be expected to meet the training and testing requirements included in the recent emergency preparedness final rule by its implementation date of Nov. 15, 2017, according to recently...
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.
Even with caps in place, some staffing agencies can’t resist raising rates
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 20, 2023
While more state lawmakers are proposing legislation to rein in anti-competitive behaviors by some staffing agencies, a new turn of events in Massachusetts proves rules alone aren’t enough to suppress...
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.
LeadingAge’s Sloan to Biden: Let’s talk so nursing homes don’t ‘shoulder entire burden’ on...
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 18, 2023
The leader of the nation’s second-largest nursing home advocacy group on Thursday asked the White House to convene a roundtable on improving job quality and expanding the worker pool in conjunction with...
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.