Lawmakers want 2 more years for ‘life-saving’ telehealth benefits as DEA threat looms
By
Zee Johnson
Oct 17, 2024
Members of Congress are calling for a two-year extension of pandemic-era telemedicine benefits that are set to expire at the end of the year. A proposed DEA rule, however, could halt many of those flexibilities.
False Claims Act likely to face Supreme Court review after ruling against use of whistleblowers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 16, 2024
A recent ruling in a Florida False Claims Act case may give the Supreme Court the opening it has wanted to review whether whistleblowers can act on behalf of the government to bring lawsuits against healthcare...
Report reveals how Medicaid payments stack up against nursing homes’ cost of care
By
Zee Johnson
Oct 16, 2024
A new government survey of 13,285 US nursing homes has found that the average provider received 82 cents on the dollar from Medicaid for the costs accrued while caring for beneficiaries.
Congress pushes for private equity accountability with Stop Wall Street Looting Act
By
Zee Johnson
Oct 15, 2024
Democrat members of Congress reintroduced the Stop Wall Street Looting Act on Thursday in an effort to hold private equity firms accountable for the outcomes of the companies they acquire, including long-term...
Porter officially takes over top post at AHCA
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 14, 2024
Clifton J. Porter II started his term as chief executive of the nation’s largest nursing home advocacy group Monday, marking the next step in a major leadership transition for the American Health Care...
States’ new staffing rule lawsuit capitalizes on different venue, CMS overreach theme
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 11, 2024
Twenty state attorneys general filed suit this week to block a federal nursing home staffing mandate, a move that was widely interpreted Thursday as an important backup in case other ongoing efforts to...
SNFs’ financial performances diverging more than ever before: CLA report
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 11, 2024
Skilled nursing facilities are at a critical crossroads, with the successful and the struggling showing more disparity than ever — and the gaps are likely to widen, warned analysts with CLA on Thursday.
I-SNPs quadrupled growth through 2021, but large swaths of nursing home residents still without any access
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2024
More nursing home residents than ever are enrolled in Institutional-Special Needs Plans, but their benefits remain out of reach to large swaths of Medicare beneficiaries, especially those living in the...
COVID liability waiver meant only for healthcare workers, not nursing homes: state Supreme Court
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 10, 2024
A top state court dealt a double blow to a nursing home named in a long-running wrongful death suit, finding in part that a Nevada liability waiver only protects individual healthcare providers from COVID...
VP Harris unveils ‘unique’ new Medicare at Home initiative
By
Zee Johnson
Oct 09, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris took to national television Tuesday to propose a new Medicare at Home plan that would allow Medicare to cover in-home health care for seniors and individuals with disabilities.