3 bold predictions for the coming year in long-term care
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John O'Connor
Jan 02, 2018
There’s nothing like a budding new year to awaken that urge in scribes to warn better-informed readers what to expect. It must be some kind of occupational hazard. So in the spirit of not always...
A no-brainer plan for Medicare and Medicaid
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John O'Connor
Dec 11, 2017
But for those of you who think outrageous political trickery is dead, please let me point you in the direction of Capitol Hill. For we appear to be in the midst of one of the better con jobs to come along...
House threatening Medicare and Medicaid reform in 2018
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Dec 08, 2017
Long-term care providers may be headed for another major Medicaid-funding fight in 2018 if House GOP leaders get their way.
State, fed relationship will be ‘reset’ by Medicaid overhaul
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Dec 06, 2017
The relationship between the federal government and states participating in the Medicaid program will be “reset” under Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Administrator Seema Verma’s...
Nursing home CEO who spent Medicaid funds at strip clubs admits to stealing from employees’ benefits...
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Nov 29, 2017
The former CEO of a Missouri nursing home who embezzled $667,000 in Medicaid funds from the facility for use on personal expenses also took money from workers’ 401(k) and health benefits accounts,...
Court allows SNF to sue state over refusal to pay Medicaid bills
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Nov 28, 2017
A North Carolina skilled nursing facility will be allowed to pursue a case against the state’s Medicaid agency after it denied payment for residents who couldn’t pay their share of their bill...
Retroactive Medicaid coverage in jeopardy, could hurt providers
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Nov 20, 2017
More states may soon be able to opt out of providing retroactive Medicaid coverage, a trend that could put more cost burden on providers, according to some observers.
SNFs’ neighborhoods, Medicaid reliance linked to providers’ fiscal stress
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Nov 15, 2017
The economic and racial makeup of the neighborhood where a nursing home is located plays a big role in how financially stressed it is, a new study confirms.
Medicaid chief announces new ‘vision’ for program — and policies to reduce regulatory burden
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Nov 08, 2017
The future of Medicaid will include a stronger focus on the relationship between the federal and state governments, as well fewer barriers to innovation within the program, the head of the program shared...
The hell with this guy
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James M. Berklan
Oct 20, 2017
Speaking at the same Mandalay Bay complex in Las Vegas from which a “madman” committed the deadliest mass shooting by a single person in U.S. history just two weeks earlier, American Health...