Report: Labor Department overtime threshold will be $35,000 … Assisted living residents on brink of losing Medicaid benefits … NLRB says nonmember objectors cannot be compelled to pay for union lobbying...
Home Care briefs for Wednesday, July 7
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 07, 2021
Provider Relief Fund reporting portal opens … HCA completes majority stake purchase in Brookdale Health Care Services … Florida HCBS provider charged with Medicaid fraud … Online calculator can predict...
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Jul 31, 2017
Touring residential facilities, interacting with older adults positively enhances medical residents’ knowledge of issues and needs … Radio and health appliance for people with dementia under...
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Oct 16, 2017
The insufficiency of Medicaid block grants: The example of Puerto Rico … CNN says drug used inappropriately on elderly with dementia … American Geriatrics Society renews call for bipartisan...
Paying for LTSS via Medicare would improve outcomes, lower costs: report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 25, 2017
Paying for long-term services and supports through Medicare for some residents of independent and assisted living communities and seniors living at home would improve care and lower costs for the government...
Care infrastructure ‘vital for our economic prosperity,’ Commerce Secretary Raimondo says
By
Liza Berger
Jul 13, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on Monday voiced her support for the Better Care Better Jobs Act, legislation currently under consideration in Congress that would increase Medicaid funding for...
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Sep 13, 2016
Court says newspaper doesn’t have to release source’s identity in assisted living story … Community terminates workers’ employment after they use social media inappropriately …...
Senior living affordability, workforce development at center of revamped SENIOR Act
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 11, 2024
Workforce development and increased access to assisted living are the key provisions of an updated bipartisan bill backed by Argentum.
78 people charged for $2.5 billion in alleged healthcare fraud
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 29, 2023
A two-week nationwide law enforcement action has culminated in criminal charges against 78 defendants for their alleged participation in telemedicine, pharmaceutical and other healthcare fraud, as well...
Rideshare services improve healthcare access, reduce strain on emergency departments: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 26, 2020
A rideshare service can help improve access to preventive care, reduce the strain on hospital emergency departments, and provide an improved overall healthcare experience for Medicaid beneficiaries, according...