Consumer advocates call for more CMS audits of nursing homes over related-party activity
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 09, 2024
A new consumer advocacy report is calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to increase its scrutiny of nursing homes and their business dealings with related-party companies.
Roberto Muñiz: Living the senior care dream
By
John Roszkowski
Jan 31, 2024
As a child from Puerto Rico growing up in a rough New Jersey neighborhood, Roberto Muñiz never dreamed he would one day be CEO of a major senior health system and lead one of the nation’s largest senior...
4-state association merger mirrors sector efficiency trend
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 18, 2024
A new regional merger of four Gulf state nursing home associations promises to add scale and efficiency to existing resources and enable better senior care, LeadingAge Florida announced Wednesday. The...
$2K daily fines poised to begin ‘within days’ as NY staffing rule upheld
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 16, 2024
Long-term care providers took a legal blow when a New York state Supreme Court judge struck down a legal challenge to the state’s staffing mandate law, and now providers could be days away from incurring...
CMS pledges to use ‘full array’ of tools to enforce 2024 Medicare Advantage rules
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 12, 2024
Despite early fears, long-term care leaders have some reason to be optimistic that changes to Medicare Advantage rules for 2024 will be enforced.
Long-term care leaders cheer proposed Medicare Advantage appeals rule in final push
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 08, 2024
A surge of public and professional support arrived Friday as the comment period closed for a proposed federal rule that providers say could level the playing field with Medicare Advantage plans.
Expanded coverage for caregiver training in final physician fee schedule cheered
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 15, 2023
Provider groups and therapists are hailing a new and broader-than-expected opportunity to bill for caregiver training under codes finalized in the 2024 physician fee schedule.
Nursing, aging service orgs blast CMS for giving LPNs ‘zero credit’ in proposed staffing rule
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 14, 2023
Several of the nation’s largest aging services and nursing organizations have united to defend Licensed Practical Nurses and criticize a proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services nursing home...
Also in the News for Friday, Nov. 10
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 10, 2023
CNA association pushes patient-centered care pay reform as staffing fix … LeadingAge coverage: ‘Epic’ workforce challenges can be met with short-, mid- and long-term solutions … Resident charged...
Younger SNF workers more likely to get out than ‘stick it out’ expert says. Here’s how to keep...
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 09, 2023
As caregiving professions continue to rely more on a younger pool of workers, they also have to reckon with a generation that has the confidence to change jobs.