Controversy over nursing home funding underscores need to keep state’s provider tax, newspaper...
By
Marty Stempniak
May 14, 2019
The Minneapolis Star Tribune Editorial Board is defending local providers as legislators consider “catastrophic” cuts to nursing home pay.
Researchers defend providers in wake of watchdog’s $84M overpayment report
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 26, 2019
Researchers defended nursing homes after a recent government report slammed providers for receiving more than $84 million in overpayments.
Nursing facility fines down by nearly a third since Trump took office
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 18, 2019
Nursing facilities have seen their fines drop by about 31% during the Trump administration, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis, released on Friday.
Upon further review, operators find more to dislike in Trump’s 2020 budget proposal
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 15, 2019
Provider groups are finding more troubling features in President Trump’s 2020 budget proposal. Among the newfound concerns: the elimination of Medicaid provider taxes, a new payment system and bad-debt...
Feds target laggards in effort to reduce antipsychotic use
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 15, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is targeting skilled care facilities that are not reducing residents’ antipsychotic use rates as quickly as the government would like.
Top nursing home lobbying group calls for exemption from proposed $35K overtime threshold
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 11, 2019
Workers earning less than $35,000 should be eligible for overtime pay, the Department of Labor said in a proposal released late last week.
Changes to SNF inspections, staffing requirements and new quality measures coming in April, CMS says
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 06, 2019
The federal government is further tightening the screws on regulation of nursing home staffing and quality, with a big shakeup starting as soon as next month.
Labor Department’s new $35K overtime threshold has skilled nursing advocates worried
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 04, 2019
Skilled nursing advocates are voicing concern about an expected Department of Labor proposal that would greatly increase the number of employees eligible for overtime pay.
CMS improperly paid $84M for skilled nursing services, government watchdog says
By
Marty Stempniak
Feb 21, 2019
The federal government likely overpaid about $84 million for improper skilled nursing services during a two-year period, according to a new report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General.
Nursing homes are underreporting the use of antipsychotics, a new study claims, but industry executives criticized researchers’ conclusions, citing the use of old data.