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PDPM Medicaid CMI and potential Five-Star Rating challenges
Mar 1, 2024 · The landscape of Medicaid reimbursement for nursing homes is undergoing significant changes. Presently, eight states have adopted the PDPM case-mix index (CMI) model, and an additional 31 states ...
7 New York nursing homes successfully deprescribe residents …
Zee Johnson. October 11, 2024. ›. The United Hospital Fund’s collaboration with seven New York nursing homes spurred an 8% decrease in the number of potentially harmful medications prescribed ...
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Oct 9, 2024 · Five Massachusetts nursing homes placed in receivership, employees not paid … State attorney general hits healthcare staffing agency
Judge slashes punitive damages, throws out verdicts against two …
Jan 5, 2024 · Two corporate defendants in a nursing home negligence case that netted plaintiffs a $19 million verdict have been found not liable following post-ruling motions, while a judge reduced punitive ...
SNFs’ financial performances diverging more than ever before: …
Oct 11, 2024 · The national median SNF occupancy rate rose to 80.2% in 2023, well above the low of 72.9% in 2021. But it still has a ways to go to reach the 2019 pre-pandemic benchmark of 85.8%. Individual state ...
Bill introduces new position to help LTC nurses amid staffing …
Oct 10, 2024 · Bill introduces new position to help LTC nurses amid staffing shortage. Zee Johnson. October 10, 2024. Share ›. Credit: dolgachov/ Getty Images. Pennsylvania is on the brink of becoming the 35th ...
Court upholds $1.3 billion Esformes nursing home fraud verdict, …
Jan 9, 2023 · Convicted former nursing home chain operator Philip Esformes had his prison sentence commuted by then-President Trump in 2020, but a federal appeals court ruled Friday he will still be liable for ...
Private equity firm with nursing home holdings files for bankruptcy ...
Oct 9, 2024 · Credit: KLH49/Getty Images. Goldner Capital Management, a private equity firm once prominent in the skilled nursing sector, has filed for bankruptcy and placed blame on what it calls a COVID-era ...
Medicare mulls coverage of skin substitutes for wounds
Jun 7, 2024 · The Medicare Administrative Contractors in late April proposed a Local Coverage Determination to set coverage standards for skin substitute grafts and cellular and tissue-based products used on ...