Home Builder Unveils Plan For $1.2 Billion Senior Housing Development in Michigan
Michigan-based home builder Moceri Companies on Wednesday unveiled plans for a $1.2 billion senior housing project, which includes at least five developments with 3,400 units collectively.
The ...
Pennsylvania Ups Punitive Actions Against Nursing Homes in 2015
Pennsylvania’s Department of Health put at least 19 nursing homes’ licenses on provisional status and issued at least 32 fines in 2015. These steps follow a lawsuit in which many ...
Hybrid Long-Term Care Policies Becoming More Popular
Since 2008, hybrid long-term care policies have been on the rise in popularity due to the flexible nature of these plans. Those who wish to avoid stand-alone policies due to rising ...
Kansas Medicaid Backlog Holds Up Coverage for Thousands of Residents
Kansas nursing homes are struggling to keep up with processing of Medicaid applications and annual renewals, according to a report by KCUR.
The processing system for Medicaid in Kansas ...
Iowa DHS Admits to Sharing Personal Data With Nursing Homes
Iowa’s Department of Human Services has admitted that it leaked the personal information of 425 patients to nursing facilities.
The leak, which contained the patients’ medical ...
Nursing Home Compare to Introduce Six New Rating Categories
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials announced that six new quality categories and measures will be introduced to better indicate the services offered by nursing ...
CMS Plans More Site Visits, Will Release Data Sets
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be making more frequent site visits to Medicare-enrolled providers and suppliers, and will be releasing new data tools as well as ...
Massachusetts Court to Hear Arbitration Clause Case
A Massachusetts state court is scheduled to hear a case on arbitration clauses in nursing home contracts. The clause is preventing Scott Barrow from seeking a wrongful death suit against ...
OMB to Look Over Overhauled Medicaid Rules
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has sent an overhauled set of rule changes to the Office of Management and Budget for review which could lead to major changes to the ...
Texas Lawmakers Debate Problems With Elder Care Industry
A Texas health panel looked at the state’s nursing home and elder care industry last week and discussed how to deal with nursing homes refusing to comply with state and federal ...