Providers were bracing for the first federal minimum staffing proposal, the details of which could have broad implications for all nursing homes.
Vax efforts get big boost(ers)
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2021
The battle over how best to protect long-term care residents from COVID-19 cases raged into early fall, with federal officials approving some booster shots and providers still awaiting details in mid-October...
New vax edict binds providers
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2021
The push to vaccinate staff took on added urgency in late May, as federal regulators issued a new rule requiring all long-term care providers to report COVID-19 vaccination data weekly. Rates for both...
Providers have their say in high-level talks
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Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2022
Providers came away from early spring meetings with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and other federal health officials feeling encouraged about the government’s...
State cases add to SNF worries
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2023
An annual report outlining fraud control activities in the nation’s Medicaid facilities portends a challenging year ahead.
More than half of fines and settlements from $2.3 billion recouped through healthcare fraud investigations went back into Medicare Trust Funds last year, according to a report issued Friday.
New guidance adds pressure
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2022
Skilled nursing providers in late October began grappling with major changes to rules governing their everyday operations, with new surveyor guidance that went live Oct. 24.
Biden targets nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2022
President Joe Biden made nursing home history March 1, when he included the sector in his first State of the Union address. Biden pledged a crackdown on private-equity investors and vowed tougher oversight.
LTC tops healthcare market in early 2019
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 04, 2019
The changing face of long-term care continues to drive merger and acquisition activity for the fifth straight year, according to two new reports. Deal volume involving long-term care and assisted living...
Staff vaccination cuts resident deaths
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 25, 2023
Authors of the broadest study yet linking staff COVID-19 vaccinations to lower resident death rates are urging policymakers to rethink their “stagnant” approach to booster shots.