Nursing home owners Sal and Mabel Mangano: Not guilty!
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2007
For three weeks, spanning August and September, much of the national nursing home community was glued to goings-on in a place they had never heard of before: St. Francisville, LA. Or at least they should...
False claims to fuel lawsuits?
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 04, 2016
Providers could be in store for a new, bigger wave of False Claims Act lawsuits, warn authors of a new report.
Early PDPM numbers not the whole story, Parkinson notes
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 17, 2019
Capital providers were warned recently about investing or refinancing too quickly after the start of the Patient-Driven Payment Model on Oct. 1. “I’m really urging the investment community that...
Staffing totals don’t add up
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2018
Nursing homes were placed under a hot spotlight in mid-July after The New York Times ran a lengthy story criticizing fluctuations and apparent understaffing revealed through a new federal data collection...
Last chance for your Tech Award
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 09, 2018
The clock is ticking for providers to enter the 2018 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program. The deadline is July 20. The awards program honors skilled nursing and senior living providers...
HIPAA calls it: Phone theft costs $650,000
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 06, 2016
Federal regulators lowered the boom on the former owner of several nursing homes after an iPhone containing the medical records of more than 400 residents was stolen.
CMS: Provider results rising
By
James M. Berklan
May 04, 2016
A new release of data by federal regulators shows nursing home operators are improving.
Debt-reduction concerns rise
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2011
Providers were anxiously wondering at press time if they should hope for the “devil” they know or the one they don’t, regarding the work of the national debt-reduction “super-committee.”
Physicians, therapists fight 4.4% cut
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 06, 2022
Physicians, therapists and other providers were in a full-on battle to block a 4.4% cut to a key payment factor.
Just a minute! RCS-1 timing is still up in air
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 08, 2018
No timeline has been set for finalizing or implementing a major replacement payment system for therapy patients, a federal official revealed on a national conference call in early March. The Centers for...