Bipartisan group pushes for more investment, permanent telehealth for Medicare providers
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 17, 2024
With a deadline to extend current telehealth reimbursement policies fast approaching, a bipartisan group of policy advocates is calling on legislators to make telehealth a permanent fixture of US healthcare...
Lawmakers say CMS should ban Medicare Advantage’s use of AI to deny care
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 28, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should consider banning artificial intelligence from being used to deny Medicare Advantage coverage pending a “systematic review,” a group of 49 congressional...
Meet Jacqueline Vance, 2024 Veteran VIP honoree
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 25, 2024
Jacqueline Vance, senior director of innovation and education at Mission Health Communities in Tampa, FL, is a Veteran VIP honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Health lawyers, bioethicist call for tighter regulation of AI in prior authorizations
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 15, 2024
Although artificial intelligence promises exciting efficiency benefits, its usage in insurance prior authorizations demands wider and more holistic oversight from state and federal bodies, a trio of experts...
A.G. Rhodes openly sharing the path to the future of long-term care via its $37.5M ‘household’ renovation
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 20, 2024
After nearly a decade of planning, fundraising and a $37.5 million construction and renovation project, Atlanta-based provider AG Rhodes officially opened its new 72-bed “household-model” building...
Long-term care providers’ EHR adoption has stalled out, study and widespread worries reflect
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 13, 2024
In a “concerning trend,” providers of aging services such as skilled nursing have stalled in their progress toward adopting advanced electronic health record technology, according to a newly released...
DOJ hits telehealth firm for $4.6M in false claims settlement involving nursing homes
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 14, 2024
A company that provides mental telehealth services to skilled nursing residents has agreed to pay the federal government $4.6 million to resolve false claims allegations.
Database indicates regions with biggest staffing challenges
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 29, 2024
Only 160 long-term care facilities — slightly more than 1% — consistently meet all requirements of the new federal staffing rule.
Bake sale-supported nursing home turns to assisted living to survive
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 05, 2024
A Rhode Island nursing home that had turned to a grassroots funding campaign that included a resident-run bake sale to avoid closure is reworking one of its floors into a memory-care focused assisted...