State suspends license, accuses SNF staff of cover-up as facility’s post-Irma death toll rises...
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Sep 22, 2017
Florida officials on Wednesday suspended the license of a nursing home where residents died following Hurricane Irma, claiming staff made late entries to residents’ records in an attempt to alter...
8 residents dead at Florida nursing home left without power after Irma
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Sep 14, 2017
Eight residents of a Florida nursing home have been reported dead of heat-related causes after their facility was left without electricity or air conditioning in the wake of Hurricane Irma, authorities...
Finally, a leader who’s willing to speak out
Aug 10, 2015
Among the police, it’s known as the blue wall of silence. This unwritten rule regularly comes into play when a fellow officer’s errors, poor behavior or possible crimes are under scrutiny....
Feds offer $1.6 billion to pay Florida hospitals’ uncompensated care bills
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John Hall
May 26, 2015
The federal government is offering to authorize $1.6 billion to reimburse Florida’s hospitals for uncompensated care, but that is still $3 billion short in a budget impasse that is threatening to...
Also in the News for Friday, April 3
Apr 03, 2015
AHCA supports MedPAC vote on three-day stay policy … CMS issues guidance on biosimilars, including for Medicare Part B … HHS chief technology officer retiring … Florida Dems push for...
Omega Communities acquires Florida site
Jan 27, 2015
Omega Communities, a senior living developer, has bought a nine-acre site in Fort Myers, FL, for its next senior housing residences.
More deficiencies, fewer registered nurses at nursing homes owned by private equity, researchers find
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Tim Mullaney
Aug 05, 2014
Nursing homes under private equity ownership are cited for more deficiencies and have fewer registered nurses on staff than other for-profit facilities, according to recently published research findings.
AOD acquires Stratis Business Systems, Inc.
Jul 22, 2014
AOD Software has bought Stratis Business Systems Inc., a home health and home care cloud-based software system.
Supreme Court declines Extendicare’s appeal to review arbitration case
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 03, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a petition from Extendicare Homes to review a conflict over an arbitration agreement and wrongful death lawsuit.
GAO: 14% of nursing home residents on Medicaid have more than $100,000 in assets
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 24, 2014
Most nursing home residents on Medicaid have financial resources that were not counted toward their eligibility for the government insurance program, but few have substantial assets tucked away, according...