Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Large hospital operators reported increasing lengths of stay and difficulties discharging patients in the first half of 2022. The answer to why lies in a perennially stressed post-acute care chassis driven to the brink by COVID-19.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 11, 2023

Fitch Ratings: Workforce pressures easing for hospitals, ambulatory care, nursing homes dmuoio Tue, 04/11/2023 - 12:40

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Med-Net Compliance

JUNE 21, 2022

The Justice Department has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against an Ohio nursing home operator and three affiliated nursing homes for providing grossly substandard skilled nursing services between 2016 and 2018. The nursing homes are in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Iowa.

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Kaiser Health News

MARCH 3, 2022

President Joe Biden’s top Medicare official suggested Wednesday that forthcoming rules to bolster nursing home staffing won’t be issued under a mechanism, known as interim final rules, that would allow regulations to take effect more or less immediately. 30, amounting to at least 23% of all U.S.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The trial aims to enable hospitals and nursing homes to quickly respond to emergency situations while ensuring patients' privacy.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2023

As 2023 begins, the nursing home industry faces unprecedented challenges on multiple fronts. Some states are also seeking to impose monitors and enjoin nursing home operations at underperforming facilities. Preparing for 2023: Nursing Homes Brace for Reforms and Heightened Government Scrutiny.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

HHS expands ownership data set for 15,000 Medicare-certified nursing homes. Mon, 09/26/2022 - 14:44.

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Med-Net Compliance

AUGUST 9, 2022

An Illinois nursing home was named in a lawsuit alleging the staff’s negligence resulted in a resident’s fall. According to the lawsuit, when the resident was admitted to the nursing home, the staff were told that she was at risk for falls, had dementia, and was almost completely blind.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2020

Primary topic: Government & Policy Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: VA healthcare slated for modernization; COVID-19 testing required for nursing home staffs Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Healthcare Dive

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The gains are slightly above last year’s average for the sector, which was 47,000 new jobs per month.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MAY 5, 2022

Massachusetts’ Attorney General has secured settlements with five Massachusetts nursing homes to resolve allegations of patient neglect, insufficient staff training, and inadequate care for vulnerable nursing home residents. They also failed to report the significant health declines of one resident to a physician.

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Healthicity

APRIL 11, 2023

The OIG added just one item to its Work Plan in March of 2023 -- but it was a significant item relating to nursing homes.

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Healthcare Law Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2022

On September 21, 2022, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis held public hearings and issued a report assessing the performance of large, for-profit nursing home chains during the early phase of the Coronavirus pandemic. For-profit nursing home chains did not supply their workers with adequate personal protective equipment.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 4, 2022

On September 23, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued revised COVID-19 nursing home visitation guidance. Nursing homes should use the community transmission level metric, not the community level metric. The revision provides updated guidance for face coverings and masks during visits.

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Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

On November 3, 2022, the OIG released the results of a recent inspection of a nursing home by the Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General Audit and Inspections Division (OIG Inspections).

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Med-Net Compliance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

They identified that 6,622 nursing homes had been cited for infection prevention and control program deficiencies as of February 26, 2020, and Medicare.gov indicated that 24 nursing homes were part of a nursing home chain. The OIG’s audit found that 23 of the 24 nursing homes had possible deficiencies.

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Med-Net Compliance

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A fire at a Washington nursing home displaced seventy-seven residents and drew a coordinated response from local firefighters. The post Washington State Nursing Home Fire Displaces 77 Residents appeared first on Med-Net. Crews responded to the blaze at about 5:30 p.m.

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HealthIT Answers

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The post How Nursing Homes Can Build Their Own Recruiting Pipelines appeared first on Health IT Answers. By David Coppins - The tide has turned post-COVID: long-term care facilities are cutting their staffing agency budgets and planning to hire everyone in-house.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 24, 2022

CMS cracks down on poor-performing nursing homes by increasing penalties. Mon, 10/24/2022 - 17:13.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 27, 2022

CMS gives nursing homes a longer leash on staff COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Thu, 10/27/2022 - 16:55.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

A unique remote monitoring system, developed at MIT and deployed in some hospitals and long-term care settings, is now showing further promise for advanced assessment of potential COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes and other congregate care communities, according to researchers at the school's CSAIL institute. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 2, 2021

Majority of nursing homes missing broad safety, quality inspections due to the pandemic. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 08/02/2021 - 14:02.

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Med-Net Compliance

AUGUST 4, 2022

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit and found that selected nursing homes may not have complied with federal requirements for infection prevention and control and emergency preparedness. Specifically, 28 of 39 nursing homes they audited had possible deficiencies.

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Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

After a three-and-a-half-day trial, a jury returned a verdict for the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a former employee of a Tennessee nursing home who had been fired after requesting intermittent leave to address her anxiety. The former employee suffered from anxiety throughout her adult life.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 22, 2022

To make it easier for families and caregivers to evaluate the quality of nursing homes, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regularly publishes data on its “ Care Compare ” website. Last month, CMS added additional metrics to how it scores the quality of nursing homes. Staff Turnover. Why is this?

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 27, 2022

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, the psychologist caused the submission of fraudulent Medicare claims from July 2016 through June 2019 for psychotherapy services purportedly provided to nursing home residents in Chicago and surrounding areas.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Louisiana revokes licenses from 7 nursing homes after Ida evacuation failures cost lives. Wed, 09/08/2021 - 12:27.

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Med-Net Compliance

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

A large long-term care facility located in Vermont violated federal law by allowing black nurses and nurse assistants to be subjected to ongoing and egregious racial harassment, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 14, 2022

Hospitals forced to delay patient discharges as nursing homes and rehab centers face major staff shortages. Fri, 01/14/2022 - 16:07.

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Med-Net Compliance

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched its enhanced Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System which integrates data nursing homes report on their weekend staffing rates for nurses and information on annual turnover among nurses and administrators. Ratings are updated quarterly.

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C&M Health Law

MAY 11, 2022

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released data —for the first time—reporting on mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, and changes of ownership of Medicare enrolled hospitals and nursing homes over the past six years.

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

On February 15, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule that would require nursing homes enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid to disclose new information about their ownership and management structures.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Private-equity-acquired nursing homes have worse resident outcomes, higher Medicare costs, study finds. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 15:53.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MAY 4, 2022

A former employee has filed a lawsuit against a West Virginia nursing home alleging sexual harassment by another employee. An employee of the nursing home was also named as a defendant in the lawsuit. The former employee worked at the West Virginia nursing home from October 2016 through April 2021.

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Med-Net Compliance

JUNE 29, 2022

An Oklahoma nurse aide pleaded guilty to abusing a nursing home resident and was placed on a deferred sentence probation for three years under the supervision of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. The post Former Oklahoma Nursing Home Employee Pleads Guilty to Abuse appeared first on Med-Net.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 13, 2022

A jury found a North Dakota certified nursing aide (CNA) guilty of Aggravated Assault causing permanent impairment and Reckless Endangerment. The evidence at the trial showed that the CNA performed an improper, one-person lift of a nursing home resident which resulted in severe and painful injuries to the resident.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Complaints of resident abuse in a Michigan nursing home led to an investigation by the Michigan Office of Attorney General’s Health Care Fraud Division, working with the Michigan Sentinel Project. The investigation determined that a nurse was working at the nursing home while her license was suspended, which is a felony.

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