Managed care plans need protection from ‘carve-outs’ to ensure services across the continuum,...
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 26, 2014
State “carve-outs” and lack of transparency in rate-setting threaten the ability of managed care plans to support services across the whole continuum, the Medicaid Health Plans of America stated...
Feel-good stories that make nursing homes look bad
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 18, 2014
Being discharged from a nursing facility to a home- or community-based setting seems like a completely positive development — and the media certainly present it that way. These human interest stories...
CMS should publicly push Congress to reform therapy payment system, long-term care provider association...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 09, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should openly urge Congress to change the way therapy services are reimbursed, the nation’s largest long-term care provider association stated in recent...
Federal judge dismisses nursing home ‘kickback’ case; upholds large X-ray company’s...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 02, 2014
The way mobile x-ray company Mobilex bills nursing homes is acceptable, a federal judge recently determined. Mobilex is the nation’s largest provider of mobile diagnostic services. It had been facing...
Genesis, Skilled Healthcare merger to create huge long-term care provider with more than 500 facilities
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 20, 2014
Genesis HealthCare and Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. will merge to create a single long-term and post-acute care company with more than 500 facilities nationwide, the providers announced Tuesday.
Report: Long-term care providers pay the price for CMS’ poor auditor oversight
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 14, 2014
Long-term care and other providers could be facing unfair burdens due to ineffective government oversight of Medicare auditors, according to a new report from a federal watchdog agency.
A building in the ‘LEED’
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
Benchmark’s new community has a high-end beach house vibe and eco-friendly features that put it on the cutting edge of senior care
Are assisted dying facilities about to go mainstream?
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 15, 2014
It’s no secret that aging Americans increasingly are attracted to assisted living, but recent developments in this country and others suggest they also have a growing interest in assisted dying....
McKnight’s Roundtable: Prescription for change
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 01, 2014
When top long-term care executives and physicians meet, visions for a new future of longterm care technology, care processes and payment mechanisms soon follow
Signature HealthCARE charged with $2 million in unapproved Medicaid billings
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 01, 2014
Long-term care provider Signature HealthCARE billed Medicaid about $2 million for unapproved costs, auditors with the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office charged Monday.