Pennsylvania retirement community sees $11.6 million operating loss … Trustee balks at $1.3M in incentives for executives in Petersen Health bankruptcy … How LTC facilities with employee-centered cultures...
Business briefs, Aug. 7
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 07, 2024
Increasing accountability, improving regulation standards focus of Delaware bill package … DOJ will offer rewards to whistleblowers exposing healthcare fraud … Minnesota awards millions in second...
Business briefs, July 31
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 31, 2024
PA law limits use of noncompetes for healthcare practitioners, effective Jan. 1 … ClearWellness, University of North Texas collaborate on study of wellness benefits in independent living communities...
Business briefs, Aug. 8
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 08, 2024
Provider seeks dismissal of class-action suit over alleged immigrant labor law violations … CCRC adopts Journeys memory care model … Connecticut launches grant program for home healthcare worker safety...
CMS to conduct ‘focused review’ of Missouri, Texas delays in processing Medicaid applications
By
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.
States increase efforts to draw workers to healthcare
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 03, 2024
Multiple states are taking efforts to build the healthcare workforce with training and certification programs.
Medi-Cal to drop asset test for Medicaid long-term care benefits
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 14, 2022
Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid public health insurance program, is dropping its asset test for residents needing long-term care.
Nursing home workforce shortages hit Minnesota the hardest, California the least
By
Ron Rajecki
Apr 18, 2022
Minnesota’s nursing homes reported the largest staffing shortages in the country, according to an analysis of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data conducted by Seniorly.
State allocates $1B+ for assistance to Medicaid, other program beneficiaries
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 17, 2022
Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp (R) has set aside more than $1 billion for the state Department of Human Services to provide cash assistance of up to $350 per active enrollee in Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition...
OIG wants $1.9 million, more oversight from New York for Medicaid assisted living program
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2022
The state of New York should reimburse the federal Medicaid program $1.9 million and strengthen oversight of its Medicaid assisted living program, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department’s Office...