A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule that targets supplemental payments is “not intended to reduce Medicaid payments” for providers but rather increase transparency, Administrator...
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Feb 12, 2020
South Dakota Senate committee approves measure that would allow nursing homes to consolidate with other providers … New York’s effort to find billions in Medicaid savings faces scrutiny … Nursing...
All aboard! Ohio facility hosts Titanic-themed dinner for residents
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Danielle Brown
Feb 12, 2020
The year is 1912, and thousands of passengers are boarding the RMS Titanic for its maiden voyage to New York City — at least that’s what staff members want residents to think. The culinary and programming...
Study: Nursing homes have more hospital admissions, resident diversity since passage of OBRA ‘87
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Danielle Brown
Feb 11, 2020
Nursing homes are admitting more patients from hospitals 30 years after the passage of the Omnibus Budget of Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA ’87), according to new research.
Nursing homes would lose power to sign death certificates under new proposal
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Danielle Brown
Feb 11, 2020
A new proposal in Georgia would take away a nursing home’s ability to sign death certificates.
Providers could use EMR information to predict a resident’s chance of developing dementia
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Danielle Brown
Feb 11, 2020
Providers and physicians working with nursing home residents soon may be able to use a noninvasive method for predicting a resident’s chance of developing dementia.
Operators treating Medicare Advantage enrollees for depression, dementia and frailty are unfairly penalized:...
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 11, 2020
Operators who serve a disproportionate share of beneficiaries with these conditions are penalized twice, argue researchers.
Lawmakers question CMS on proposed 8% cut to therapy services
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Danielle Brown
Feb 10, 2020
Nearly 100 U.S. lawmakers last week submitted a letter to Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, that expresses concerns regarding a proposal that would slice 8% from...
Surveyors prioritize infection control compliance amid coronavirus outbreak
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Danielle Brown
Feb 10, 2020
Surveyors will be paying close attention to healthcare providers’ compliance with infection prevention and control policies amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Omega execs issue caution about supplemental Medicaid pay proposal
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Danielle Brown
Feb 06, 2020
Omega Healthcare and its operators expressed reservations Thursday about a proposed federal rule that threatens several Medicaid funding programs for providers. Company executives conveyed concerns during...