Nursing home and other healthcare providers in New York started the new year with a 1% Medicaid payment reduction.
Department of Veteran Affairs piloting program to keep veterans at home — and out of nursing homes
Feb 02, 2020
A program that aims to reduce nursing home care costs by caring for veterans at home, as opposed to institutions, is being piloted across five United States cities.
February IT Update
Feb 02, 2020
The LeadingAge Center for Workforce Solutions has released an Excel-based turnover cost calculator tool to help providers estimate how much staff turnover is costing their community.
Providers are not reporting all falls on the MDS: study
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 02, 2020
A new study suggests that nursing home providers could be vastly underreporting major-injury falls in the Minimum Data Set, which the Nursing Home Compare website uses to report nursing home performance.
Long-term care providers wary of new federal Medicaid block grant program
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 30, 2020
Long-term care providers are skeptical that they will see additional benefits, touted by federal officials Thursday, under a new federal program that would allow states to receive a fixed amount of federal...
Providers: CMS should withdraw proposed Medicaid supplemental payment rule
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 30, 2020
Long-term care and hospital providers are calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withdraw a proposal that could cut “up to $50 billion” nationwide from the Medicaid program annually.
Administrator invites residents to be a part of her wedding day
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 30, 2020
The bonds formed between providers and patients can sometimes feel like family. An administrator of a Georgia skilled nursing facility took that to an entirely new level by having residents be a part of...
Providers gear up to confront CMS regarding 8% Medicare Part B therapy cuts
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 28, 2020
Providers are preparing for the next phase of a lobbying effort after they plan to send a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week asking the agency to explain its proposed 8% cut...
Aide’s photo of resident didn’t violate health records law, court rules
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 28, 2020
Nursing home providers, take note: A court this week determined that a Minnesota senior living facility was not in violation of a state health records law after a nurse’s aide used a photograph of a...
Supreme Court OKs rule that could limit immigrants’ access to long-term care services, jobs
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 27, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, will allow the Trump administration to begin enforcing a rule that allows the government to base green card decisions on whether an immigrant could later be seen...