There are many reasons a simple scarf has touched Dolores Lowell so deeply. A resident of Good Samaritan Society’s New Hope location, Lowell will use the scarf to keep warm, of course, but she’ll also...
Veterans Affairs proposes pay change for state-run nursing homes
By
Joe Bush
Jan 03, 2023
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to adopt a new formula to calculate payments to state-run nursing homes that enter into an agreement to provide nursing home care to eligible veterans.
New nursing home search tool has familiar faults, providers say
By
Joe Bush
Dec 22, 2022
A new search tool to help individuals find information when choosing a long-term care facility fails for the same reason as most of its predecessors, a top nursing home advocate said.
Also in the News for Thursday, Dec. 22
By
Joe Bush
Dec 22, 2022
Largest Philadelphia area Medicaid plan gets cited by OIG for denial of skilled nursing services … CEO of oft-cited veterans nursing home is out … Black stroke patients remained in long-term care facilities...
Congressional deal meets docs halfway on pay, extends telehealth flexibility
By
Joe Bush
Dec 21, 2022
Potential pay cut relief that addresses some physician and therapist concerns is tucked into a 4,000-page proposed 2023 spending bill announced Monday by members of Congress.
As new year approaches, operational and regulatory changes pile up
By
Joe Bush
Dec 21, 2022
A series of significant regulatory changes are expected to hit skilled nursing over the course of 2023, but experts are also warning providers not to lose sight of some smaller but still important changes...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Dec. 21
By
Joe Bush
Dec 21, 2022
Spending bill may preempt governors’ push to end PHE over Medicaid rolls… Nursing home rewards program needs more oversight: critics … Nursing association fighting to keep nursing home open after...
Pharmacist wary of feds relaxing nursing home vaccination process
By
Joe Bush
Dec 20, 2022
While nursing home advocates like LeadingAge and the American Health Care Association lauded last week’s federal loosening of restrictions on facilities giving COVID-19 booster shots in order to increase...
Nursing home sector wants more help from hospitals in vaccination push
By
Joe Bush
Dec 20, 2022
Nursing home advocates are doubling down on their push to get hospitals that discharge so many patients to skilled nursing facilities to vaccinate those they’re transfering.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Dec. 20
By
Joe Bush
Dec 20, 2022
Closed NJ nursing home stayed open way too long, some claim … Many clinicians wary of using telehealth with older patients … What South Dakota providers think of governor’s promised reimbursement...