Five months after ProMedica acquired HCR ManorCare, the Ohio hospital system’s debt has ballooned. ProMedica’s long-term debts have more than quadrupled since the deal, reaching $1.9 billion at the...
Justice Department to providers: Help us and we’ll decrease False Claims awards
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Marty Stempniak
May 10, 2019
The Department of Justice has issued new guidance on how nursing facilities can obtain greater leniency in cases where they are accused of violating the False Claims Act.
Nursing home must litigate wrongful death claim, despite arbitration pact
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Marty Stempniak
May 06, 2019
A South Carolina nursing facility is being forced to litigate a wrongful death dispute with a former resident’s family, even though they signed an arbitration agreement.
Spouse cannot sue SNF based on Federal Nursing Home Reform Amendments
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 18, 2019
The wife of a Washington nursing home resident cannot sue a provider by citing a federal law that sets standards for facilities.
Air mattress delayed, now nursing home can’t shake $1M arbitration award
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 16, 2019
A California nursing facility is being forced to pay $1 million after the delayed delivery of a special air mattress may have worsened a resident’s pressure ulcer, contributing to her eventual death.
CMS pulls back curtain on how hospital innovators are picking SNF partners
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 15, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is providing skilled nursing facilities with a peek into how some top hospitals are picking preferred skilled nursing partners, with some developing scorecards...
More than 50% of dual-eligibles end up in low-rated SNFs, study finds
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 12, 2019
Older adults who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid are more likely to wind up in low-quality skilled nursing facilities, and their education and distance from quality skilled nursing facilities...
Nursing home advocates rally support for post-acute bundled payment
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 10, 2019
Lobbyists for the skilled nursing industry say they’re on board as the federal government explores bringing new bundled payment initiatives into post-acute care.
Also in the News for Wednesday, April 10
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 10, 2019
Move over Esformes: Feds break up $1.2B Medicare orthopedic brace scam … Omega, MedEquities face four lawsuits in advance of vote on $600M merger … Towels spontaneously combust, forcing nursing home...
‘Parasite’ Esformes convicted in $1.3B nursing home fraud, could face remaining years in prison
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 08, 2019
Florida long-term care business mogul Philip Esformes faces the possibility of decades in prison after being convicted Friday in the largest healthcare fraud scheme ever charged by the U.S. Justice Department.