Senators re-introduce legislation to improve vetting, training of caregivers in nursing homes
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) re-introduced legislation Monday designed to help nursing homes improve their vetting and training of caregivers to help ensure resident safety.
$1.2 million nursing home quality initiative to be spearheaded by LeadingAge
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
LeadingAge will use a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation to work to improve nursing home quality based on the recommendations of a recent national report, the foundation...
Business briefs, June 15
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
NLRB proposal would make it harder for employers to insist on private ballot union elections … Flurry of immigration legislation would reduce hiring barriers … Should Medicaid pay for supportive senior...
Stiffer requirements for SNF Medicaid payments could be coming down the pike
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 13, 2022
The nation’s 15,500 Medicaid-certified nursing homes could find that there are strings attached to future Medicaid payments if a proposal from the federal government proceeds, Kaiser Health News reports.
25-member collaborative calls for Medicare, Medicaid eligibility changes
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 09, 2022
Twenty-five national and local organizations have signed on to an effort calling for the standard-of-living measures used to determine eligibility for programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, taxes, food assistance...
Quality-of-care issues could thwart sale of financially troubled facilities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 07, 2022
In early March, a federal bankruptcy court judge approved the sale of a financially troubled chain of 10 long-term care facilities in Iowa. Now, the sale is in jeopardy as buyer Cedar Health Group has...
Action needed for long-term sustainability of Medicare, Social Security, Yellen says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 06, 2022
Medicare and Social Security trustees reports released last week showed “strong economic recovery and growth in the past year,” Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said. In the long term, however, both...
Contingent employees could save post-acute care $20 billion in lost revenue this year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 03, 2022
The post-acute care sector could lose up to $19.5 billion in revenue this year because of lower occupancy rates (which are down 14% since 2020) due to understaffing, predicts a new report.
Medicare spending on SNFs up more than 4 percent, but use declines
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 03, 2022
Total Medicare spending for skilled nursing facilities increased $1.1 billion (4.4%) between 2019 and 2020, although 200,000 fewer traditional Medicare beneficiaries were using SNF services after the pandemic...
Business briefs, June 3
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 03, 2022
Portable bed rails recalled after 3 deaths … 87% of Medicare Advantage plans could lose at least 1 star: analysis … Pandemic elevates wellness on senior living’s priority list … Marquis Health...