After strike threats in Connecticut, nursing home workers also rallying in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New Hampshire … CMS says it’s streamlining the process for states to change their Medicaid programs...
Nursing home turns to its community for help with courtyard makeover
By
Marty Stempniak
May 08, 2019
Peering out the window earlier this year during a staff meeting, officials at Luther Manor Retirement & Nursing Center in Hannibal, MO, noticed that their courtyard could use some TLC.
Move over mom, skilled nursing also has a reason to celebrate this Sunday
By
Marty Stempniak
May 07, 2019
Sunday, May 12, will mark the start of National Skilled Nursing Week (formerly known as National Nursing Home Week).
Pending Medicare appeal changes will benefit providers, CMS says
By
Marty Stempniak
May 07, 2019
Pending changes designed to ease Medicare appeals will save providers and patients millions of dollars, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Feds seek quicker Medicaid application processing
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Marty Stempniak
May 07, 2019
Federal officials are pressing Ohio regulators to resolve a backlog of more than 70,000 applications for Medicaid benefits.
Minimum wage increase would cripple state’s nursing homes, advocates say
By
Marty Stempniak
May 07, 2019
Hiking the state’s minimum wage to $15 without adjusting Medicaid payments will have a devastating impact on Connecticut skilled care facilities, providers have claimed.
Also in the News for Tuesday, May 7
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Marty Stempniak
May 07, 2019
New toolkit teaches providers how to create intergenerational programming … ‘Staff out there crying’: Skyline closures begin in Massachusetts … Nursing home killers suffocated up to a dozen patients,...
Nursing home must litigate wrongful death claim, despite arbitration pact
By
Marty Stempniak
May 06, 2019
A South Carolina nursing facility is being forced to litigate a wrongful death dispute with a former resident’s family, even though they signed an arbitration agreement.
Mistrust of nursing home care fuels emergency department transfers, study finds
By
Marty Stempniak
May 06, 2019
A new analysis aims to better understand why frail skilled nursing facility residents are often transferred to emergency departments, despite the inherent dangers. A lack of trust in the capabilities of...
Opponents sue to block caregiving-refusal rule, concerned it will harm LGBT patients
By
Marty Stempniak
May 06, 2019
Opponents have already filed a lawsuit to block a new rule that would shield skilled care employees against acts that violate their religious principles.