A Louisiana nursing home operator is taking its residents on trips down memory lane, hoping they’ll spark them to remember their past. CCI’s Magnolia Estates in Lafayette, LA, most recently paid...
Provider sues over delayed Medicaid pay
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Marty Stempniak
Jun 06, 2019
Fed up with slow-to-arrive Medicaid payments and a “dysfunctional” managed care system, one Arkansas provider has struck back. Its attorneys filed suit in late April against the state, aiming to halt...
SNF is ruled not responsible for death, still must pay $2M
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Marty Stempniak
Jun 06, 2019
A Georgia nursing home must pay $1.8 million to the family of a former resident, despite a jury finding the provider was not responsible for the woman’s 2015 death. Jurors determined that Grace Healthcare...
ProMedica’s debt swells
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Marty Stempniak
Jun 06, 2019
Five months after ProMedica acquired HCR ManorCare, the Ohio hospital system’s debt has ballooned. ProMedica’s long-term debts have more than quadrupled since the deal, reaching $1.9 billion at the...
Money woes keep mounting for troubled Skyline chain
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Marty Stempniak
Jun 06, 2019
Five Massachusetts skilled nursing facilities run by embattled Skyline Healthcare closed in May, as the operator faced ongoing inability to pay bills. The state’s Department of Public Health revealed...
Hospital that planned to close SNF will instead outsource operations to Ensign Group
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Marty Stempniak
May 15, 2019
A California hospital that had planned to close its deficit-mired skilled care unit is, instead, outsourcing the operation to nursing home giant Ensign Group.
Lawmakers look to save Medicaid transportation service levels
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Marty Stempniak
May 15, 2019
Congressional leaders are aiming to kill a Trump administration proposal to weaken Medicaid transportation services that are crucial to many nursing home residents.
Another provider closer to abandoning state’s struggling skilled care industry
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Marty Stempniak
May 15, 2019
Another operator is stepping back from skilled nursing care in Wisconsin as local providers continue to wrestle with low reimbursement rates and staffing shortages.
Also in the News for Wednesday, May 15
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Marty Stempniak
May 15, 2019
Trump administration proposes making it more difficult for older adults to qualify for Medicaid … FDA warns that batteries in certain pacemakers may die quicker than expected … Governor signs first-in-the-nation...
Music video shoot brings joy to long-term care facility’s residents
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Marty Stempniak
May 15, 2019
Residents at one Wisconsin long-term care facility are becoming regular rock stars, with the provider recently filming a music video starring some of them.