Next nursing home reform target: Emergency preparedness?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 02, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may soon intensify its reform agenda focus on emergency planning, one of many areas targeted in President Biden’s 21-point nursing home plan unveiled earlier...
Also in the News for Friday, March 19
Mar 19, 2021
LTC enforcement proponent Xavier Becerra confirmed as HHS secretary … Watchdog knocks HHS — again — for failure to adopt and track key nursing home reform strategies … COVID-19 reinfection...
Also in the News for Thursday, Dec. 16
Dec 16, 2021
Legislation increases state’s ability to investigate long-term care facilities … Illinois lawmakers set spring deadline to pass nursing home reform plan … Idaho officials find one in four COVID deaths...
Not so fast: Some Republicans reluctant to pursue Medicare cuts in 2018
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 13, 2017
Some Senate Republicans are skeptical about cutting spending on social programs — Medicare included — in the months leading up to the 2018 elections.
For-profit furor could trigger more financial reporting for nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 13, 2021
More than 1,200 nursing homes could find themselves facing stringent financial reporting requirements if a national movement to increase transparency in the industry takes root in California.
These 10 steps needed to save skilled nursing, experts say
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 24, 2022
An ambitious, 10-pronged reform package that includes cash infusions and regulatory fixes is needed to head off another COVID-scale tragedy in long-term care, according to two leading healthcare researchers.