Provider sued over family members’ COVID-related deaths … EEOC publishes Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law … 40 states now cover around-the-clock Medicaid HCBS as provided in assisted living...
Pendulum for primary care is swinging back to the home, VillageMD co-founder says
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 23, 2021
VillageMD co-founder Paul Martino predicts the U.S. healthcare system is returning to its roots whereby primary care physicians — not big hospital systems — drive patient care, along with better, more...
Congress and agencies to tackle transparency in healthcare AI, despite mixed industry reactions
By
Aaron Dorman
Oct 06, 2023
Federal agencies and Congress are both taking further steps to regulate AI and curb issues that have already started to emerge.
Med-management software company releases new tool for nursing facilities to meet new need for CMS compliance
By
Aaron Dorman
Sep 20, 2023
To meet new CMS rules for nursing homes, one company is releasing a new service that focuses on ensuring a patient’s medication listings are up-to-date.
Operators see ‘remarkable outcomes’ with COVID-19 infusion treatments
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 10, 2021
If there were a “game-changing medication” available to senior living providers to help fight off COVID-19 and potentially avoid a hospital trip for residents, would you use it?
5-star SNF cites staffing issues in closure notice
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 19, 2022
Citing staffing and other issues, Clairemont Healthcare & Wellness Center LLC, doing business as Abby Gardens Healthcare Center, plans to close by the end of the year. The San Diego skilled nursing facility...
Sun sets on controversial SUNSET rule threatening health regulation invalidation
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 31, 2022
A controversial rule that threatened to invalidate thousands of existing health regulations, including protections for residents of senior living communities and other older adults, officially was withdrawn...
Maplewood begins paying $21 million rent as Manhattan high-rise prepares to open
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 07, 2020
Maplewood Senior Living in January began paying annual rent of $21 million on the Inspir Carnegie Hill luxury senior living community in Manhattan, and the property is expected to open at the end of the...
Growing pains or not, many operators wincing under PDGM
By
John O'Connor
Sep 21, 2020
Many home care operators viewed the looming Patient-Driven Grouping Model with a combination of angst and dread. Nearly a year into Medicare’s new classification and payment system, such concerns hardly...
Operators get additional year to pay off advanced Medicare loans
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 13, 2020
Providers who participated in the Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program for COVID-19 emergency will now have another year to pay back the loan thanks to Congress.