The debate over whether Recovery Audit Contractor audits are an incentive-laced system of provider harassment or a necessary tool to redistribute misspent Medicare funds continues. Neither side appears...
Texas nursing and rehab facility to pay $30,000 settlement over CNA blood test charges
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Stephanie H. Kim
Jun 30, 2014
A Texas nursing and rehabilitation facility will pay a $30,000 settlement related to charges that it denied drug test accommodations for a CNA applicant with a kidney disorder, the U.S. Equal Employment...
Assigning nurses’ desired shifts improves their work ability and health, large study finds
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Tim Mullaney
Mar 28, 2014
Nurses’ job performance and health are better when they can work the shifts that they want, suggests recently published findings from a large European study.
Data mandated for dual eligibles outlined as states move to managed care
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Elizabeth Newman
Jun 10, 2013
Dual eligible managed care plans involved in an upcoming Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services demonstration project will need to submit data in a variety of areas, the agency explained in a draft statement...
CMS angling to ease providers’ burdens from Medicare Administrative Contractors
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McKnight's Staff
Jan 10, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is asking providers to help figure out a way to make demands from Medicare Administrative Contractors less burdensome.
Provider offers $375,000 settlement to family of resident given fatal overdose of oxycodone
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Sep 19, 2017
An Ohio nursing home where a resident died after being given 20 times her prescribed dose of oxycodone has offered her family a $375,000 settlement, according to local reports.
Former SNF employee awarded $69,000 in pregnancy discrimination case
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Jan 30, 2017
A Kentucky skilled nursing facility will have to pay more than $69,000 to a former employee who claims the provider fired her because she was pregnant, authorities announced last week.
OSHA seeks violence input
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James M. Berklan
Jan 06, 2017
Federal regulators are asking providers for thoughts on how to curb violence in healthcare workplaces.
CMS plan to target CCRCs
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 02, 2020
A new federal proposal effectively proposing new Medicaid taxes could lead to the closure of some skilled nursing units in continuing care retirement communities in 18 states, according to provider advocates.
Government seeks $39M forfeiture at Esformes sentencing this week
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Danielle Brown
Sep 10, 2019
Federal authorities want a $38.7 million forfeiture judgment against Philip Esformes at his sentencing hearing Thursday. He was recently convicted of running a record $1.3 B fraud scheme through his network...