CMS: Providers Must Report Medicare Overpayments Going Back Six Years
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has established that health providers must report overpayments going back six years rather than 10.
The controversial rule about ...
NJ Bill Aims to Establish Patient-Staff Ratios in Nursing Homes
Members of 1199SEIU, a health care worker association, have proposed a bill that will mandate the minimum ratio of certified nurse assistants (CNAs) to patients in New Jersey nursing ...
Seven Questions To Ask When Searching for Assisted Living
Finding reliable data on assisted living isn’t easy. Federal and state statistics can be hard to come by, and it’s often simpler to search for restaurant reviews on Yelp than ...
Meet The California Family That Has Made Health Policy Its Business
Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a nonprofit national health policy news service. This article was produced as part of a partnership with National Public Radio (NPR).
If there’s such ...
Telephone Therapy Helps Older People In Underserved Rural Areas, Study Finds
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Therapy provided over the phone lowered symptoms of anxiety and depression among older adults in rural ...
Congress Overwhelmingly Approves Bill Bolstering Medicare Patients’ Hospital Rights
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The U.S. Senate unanimously approved legislation Monday night requiring hospitals across the nation to ...
5 Challenges Facing Medicaid At 50
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A “sleeper” provision when Congress created Medicare in 1965 to cover health care for seniors, ...
A Top-Rated Nursing Home Is Hard To Find In Texas, 10 Other States
LOCKHART, Texas — The call from the nursing home came just before dawn, jolting Martha Sherwood awake.
During the night, fire ants had swarmed over her 85-year-old mother, ...
Popular Blood Thinner Causing Deaths, Injuries at Nursing Homes
When Loren Peters arrived in the emergency room in October 2013, bruises covered his frail body, and blood oozed from his gums.
The 85-year-old had not been in a fight or fallen down. ...
California, L.A. Near Deal To Boost Nursing Home Inspections
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health could receive nearly ...
