Audit Finds Issues With Michigan Veterans Home Staffing
A Lansing, Michigan veterans home was found to provide insufficient care in a recent state audit.
The report claims that staff members of the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans falsely ...
Iowa Does Not Pass Bill Requiring Dementia Training in Nursing Home Staff
Iowa legislators have decided not to review a bill that would require all nursing home staff and administrators serving patients with Dementia and Alzheimers to undergo specific training ...
Healthcare Leadership Council Releases Six Reform Ideas to Improve Health Care
The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), in cooperation with the National Opinion Research Center, announced six key areas in the current healthcare program that need reforming. Each ...
Iowans Still Awaiting Federal Decision on Proposed Medicaid Plan
Iowa state officials are waiting on a federal waiver to go forward with Governor Terry Branstad’s plan to privatize Medicaid. The proposed program would switch 560,000 Medicaid ...
Revised Rule Means Providers Must Report Medicare Overpayment in Last Six Years
The CMS has finalized a rule that dictates health providers must report Medicare overpayment for the previous six years. When the rule was initially introduced, it required providers ...
New York Debates Over Fate Of Struggling Hospitals
In some of the poorest neighborhoods of Brooklyn, some hospitals are struggling thanks to Medicare and Medicaid not keeping up with growing hospital expenditures. New York’s ...
NY Nurses Call for Staffing Regulations
Nurses in New York are urging legislators to combat a chronic staffing problem in hospitals and nursing homes by establishing legal requirements for minimum staffing levels.
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Massachusetts to Dedicate $30 Million to Nursing Home Wages
The Governor of Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker, has announced a plan that will grant nursing homes $30 million in funds. Many unions in the state are hoping that the money will ...
Families of Nursing Home Abuse Victims Entitled to $1.6 Million
An Oklahoma City nursing home owner has been ordered to pay $1.6 million by a federal jury after he fraudulently transferred money from his nursing home’s bank account in order ...
Home Health Care Industry Expected to Reach New Revenue Heights in 2020
The home health care industry is expected to reach $355 billion in annual revenue by 2020, according to MedGadget. Factors included in this boom are the aging baby boomer population ...
