CLA’s Deb Emerson on staffing mandates and ‘wishful thinking’
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 09, 2022
In this Newsmakers Podcast, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News staff writer Danielle Brown sits down with Deb Emerson, principal at accounting and consulting firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. They discuss CLA’s...
Providers both relieved and angry after CMS changes course on pay rates, extends phase-in period
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 01, 2022
Although many skilled nursing providers let out a sigh of relief after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a 2.7% net pay increase for SNFs in 2023 on Friday, others were still expressing...
Watchdog says not enough nursing homes including emerging infectious diseases in emergency plans
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 01, 2022
A federal watchdog agency has called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to update regulations and “make clear” that nursing homes must include emerging infectious diseases as a risk in...
Also in the news for Monday, Aug. 1
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 01, 2022
LTC Properties highlights occupancy gains in second quarter … OIG: CMS failed to recoup $226 million in Medicare overpayments … Feds secure 66 million doses of Moderna’s variant-specific COVID-19...
BREAKING: CMS finalizes 2.7% pay raise, two year phase-in for PDPM cuts
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 29, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday afternoon announced a finalized cut to nursing home Medicare pay rates for fiscal 2023.
60 Seconds with … Jeremy Walston, MD
Jul 01, 2022
A 60-second interview with Jeremy Walston, MD, director of the Johns Hopkins Human Aging Project.
Nursing home RNs, nurse aides lead with 11 percent pay jumps: new industry survey
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 29, 2022
Thanks to the conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing home nurses averaged double-digit pay increases this year, as virtually all titles notched healthy increases, according to the industry’s...
Caregivers’ telehealth flexibilities closer to staying after key House vote
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 29, 2022
The House passed the measure, titled the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act, by a vote of 416-12 Wednesday to send it over to the Senate.
House committee approves bill that would reform prior authorization under Medicare Advantage program
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 29, 2022
Providers demanding change to the Medicare Advantage program may soon get their wish after a House panel advanced a measure that would reform the program’s prior authorization process.
Also in the News for Friday, July 29
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 29, 2022
CMS calls for more public feedback on Medicare Advantage program … NHSN updates therapeutics pathway … AMDA launches ‘Moving Needles’ vaccination initiative across 3 LTC organizations … Researchers...