Senator presses U.S. Attorney General on nursing home painkiller legislation
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 13, 2012
Lawmakers pushed U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder to work more expediently with the Drug Enforcement Agency to resolve delays in the dispensing of painkillers in nursing homes.
McKnight’s technology awards debut
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 19, 2012
McKnight’s has partnered with American HealthTech to establish the first annual “McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards — Connect Our World.”
Deadline for HITECH disclosure rule is now ‘fluid,’ federal official says
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 29, 2013
A controversial “accounting of disclosures” provision of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act will probably not be finalized before the scheduled...
Golden Living and Genesis facilities take top quality awards
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 17, 2012
Two nursing homes in Wisconsin and Rhode Island have taken top honors in a national quality awards competition.
Nursing home group heightens lobbying for Medicaid funding before November elections
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 11, 2012
Preserving Medicaid funding remains the top priority for the largest nursing home association in the United States as Congress heads back into session this week.
Nursing home resident advocates applaud CMS antipsychotic initiative
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 29, 2012
Nursing home resident advocates applauded federal action on the issue of using antipsychotics to treat elderly nursing home residents with dementia.
Providers warn that block grants would hinder state Medicaid budgets
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 06, 2012
A prominent long-term care group is joining several Republican governors in saying that that block grants wouldn’t work for their state Medicaid budgets.
Provider group hammers Congressional leadership on lowering provider tax threshold
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 06, 2012
The American Health Care Association continued its assault Wednesday on a Republican proposal to use Medicaid provider assessments to offset subsidies to the Stafford student loan program.
Proponents of a bill to cut out the “observation stay” Medicare loophole got a boost from a House of Representatives member Wednesday.
AHCA incorporates new rehospitalization measuring tool into Quality Initiative
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 30, 2012
The American Health Care Association announced Thursday that it will employ a new, proprietary methodology for calculating case-mix adjusted hospitalization metrics for its members in its national Quality...