New Jersey considers increasing personal care allowance from $50 to $140 a month … CMS contractor fined $300K over improper storage of Medicare beneficiary data … Weak oral motor ability linked to...
False Claims Act likely to face Supreme Court review after ruling against use of whistleblowers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 16, 2024
A recent ruling in a Florida False Claims Act case may give the Supreme Court the opening it has wanted to review whether whistleblowers can act on behalf of the government to bring lawsuits against healthcare...
Report reveals how Medicaid payments stack up against nursing homes’ cost of care
By
Zee Johnson
Oct 16, 2024
A new government survey of 13,285 US nursing homes has found that the average provider received 82 cents on the dollar from Medicaid for the costs accrued while caring for beneficiaries.
NC rehab facility temporarily closes to keep pressure off hospital damaged by Hurricane Helene
By
Zee Johnson
Oct 16, 2024
CarePartners Inpatient Rehabilitation in Asheville, NC, has temporarily closed and transferred residents to alternate facilities, thanks to extended water outages and other damage stemming from Hurricane...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 16, 2024
Hackers publish nursing homes’ stolen patient data … Provider wants $14M from NY to keep nursing home open … New CDC metric can be used to get ahead of viral outbreaks … Disgraced former nursing...
Congress pushes for private equity accountability with Stop Wall Street Looting Act
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Zee Johnson
Oct 15, 2024
Democrat members of Congress reintroduced the Stop Wall Street Looting Act on Thursday in an effort to hold private equity firms accountable for the outcomes of the companies they acquire, including long-term...
Industry leaders’ outlook on senior care trending more positive: NIC poll
By
Zee Johnson
Oct 15, 2024
Long-term care owners, operators and professionals uniformly have an optimistic outlook on the future of senior housing and care. That’s according to a poll taken during the recent 2024 National...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Oct. 15
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 15, 2024
Average paid healthcare cyber ransoms climbed 10% over last year … Another state considers presumptive eligibility for Medicaid, streamlining access to in-home care … Patient-reported outcomes key...
Porter officially takes over top post at AHCA
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 14, 2024
Clifton J. Porter II started his term as chief executive of the nation’s largest nursing home advocacy group Monday, marking the next step in a major leadership transition for the American Health Care...
States’ new staffing rule lawsuit capitalizes on different venue, CMS overreach theme
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 11, 2024
Twenty state attorneys general filed suit this week to block a federal nursing home staffing mandate, a move that was widely interpreted Thursday as an important backup in case other ongoing efforts to...