Sonida Senior Living buys 9 communities, assumes management of 2 others
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 03, 2024
Sonida Senior Living has added nine senior living communities to its portfolio so far this year, all since May, the company announced Tuesday.
Long-term care providers among 193 criminally charged, $2.75 billion in fraud recoveries so far in 2024
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 01, 2024
The Justice Department has recovered more than $2.75 billion in false claims against healthcare providers and charged 193 defendants so far this year in criminal cases through its 2024 National Health...
Spending on nursing homes, home care slows year over year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 27, 2024
Between May 2023 and May 2024, overall healthcare costs grew by 3.4%, the fastest increase seen since December 2007, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators brief, released Wednesday.
Business briefs, June 25
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 25, 2024
Social Security updates occupations list used in disability evaluation process … Far right could ‘neuter’ unionization efforts, group says … Fitch Ratings upgrades Masonicare to A-; outlook stable...
Record-high False Claims Act settlements recovered in first half of 2024
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 21, 2024
After a record-breaking 2023, settlements under the False Claims Act continue along the same trajectory in the first half of 2024, “with notable healthcare fraud settlements under the FCA, AKS [the Anti-Kickback...
CMS to conduct ‘focused review’ of Missouri, Texas delays in processing Medicaid applications
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 20, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is launching a focused review of how the states of Missouri and Texas process Medicaid applications.
Labor market solid, with ‘notable pockets of weakness,’ ADP finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 06, 2024
“Job gains and pay growth are slowing going into the second half of the year,” ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson said in a press release issued Wednesday in conjunction with the monthly ADP National...