Lutheran Senior Services / Diakon agreement forms one of largest US nonprofit LTC organizations … CMS releases Medicare, Medicaid enrollment figures … CMS issues new guidance, other resources related...
More than 6 years later, GAO still looking for CMS to act on assisted living recommendation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 19, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services still has not taken action on a recommendation made by the US Government Accountability Office in a January 2018 report on assisted living, the GAO said in...
MFCU efforts result in 20 convictions, $9.41 million in recoveries related to assisted living in FY 2023:...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 18, 2024
Efforts by state Medicaid Fraud Control Units resulted in a total of 20 criminal convictions and $9.41 million in criminal case recoveries related to assisted living in fiscal year 2023, according to a...
Updated: Philip Esformes reaches plea deal with federal prosecutors on remaining charges in landmark...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 02, 2024
Philip Esformes, the assisted living community and nursing home owner charged in 2016 in a $1.3 billion healthcare fraud case that the federal government at the time called “the largest healthcare fraud...
Healthcare cost worries may be causing retirees to curtail lifestyle spending
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 29, 2024
Concerns about healthcare costs may be leading retirees to spend less and curtail their lifestyles in retirement, according to a new survey.