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Witnesses Afraid to Testify Against Shkreli in Securities Fraud Case
Pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli is under investigation for securities fraud within the pharmaceutical industry. However, according to prosecutors, several witnesses are afraid ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
