The Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities is requesting the creation of a state law that would put potential lawsuits against nursing homes before review panels, which could help to eliminate unnecessary suits against the industry, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.
I have happy childhood memories of spending “The Holidays” with family. The circle included my mom and dad, sister, grandparents, aunts, uncles and gaggles of shrieking cousins. This was in arctic Canada, and the icy cold outside made the warmth of loved ones seem even more enveloping.
Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust announced Monday that U.S. subsidiary, Extendicare Health Services, Inc., had agreed to sell its group purchasing organization (GPO) to Navigator Group Purchasing, a subsidiary of Managed Health Care Associates, Inc., for $56 million.
Thirty-two healthcare organizations from 18 states are participating in the government’s Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) initiative, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday.
With another holiday season approaching, I remember my 15 Christmases living in nursing homes and how the holiday itself has changed. That first Christmas was an adjustment—I had no way to go out and shop for a tree or gifts. An aide brought me a tree and an activity assistant picked up my gifts and wrapped them. That definitely gave me some cheer and I was pleased to see staff decorate the facility on their own time after work.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged six former top executives of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) with securities fraud, alleging they knew and approved of misleading statements claiming the companies had minimal holdings of higher-risk mortgage loans, including subprime loans.
There has been an unusually large amount of bad publicity for long-term care providers in local news media recently—a poorly timed coincidence, considering the industry is trying to sway public opinion with counter measures against a certain spending bill and further cuts.
The shortfall in Medicaid funding for long-term care will reach $6.3 billion during 2011, according to projections released Thursday by the American Health Care Association (AHCA).
Additional analysis in the report, authored by consultant firm Eljay, LLC, on behalf of AHCA, shows the projected national average shortfall equates to a $19.55 per patient per day loss—up from the $16.54 loss in 2009.
Nursing home operator HealthBridge Management said Wednesday it is prepared to lock out an additional 700 workers from facilities in Connecticut, on top of 100 already locked out from a single facility, after accusing the workers’ union of illegal picketing, The Hartford Courant reported.
It is not uncommon for census and revenue challenges to result from issues that have negatively impacted your facility’s reputation. I knew a client who had changed its name, but the surrounding community still remembered the facility by its former name and reputation, which was impacting its ability to grow census. And it gets worse: The name change had taken place more than 15 years before!
How do you deal with a situation like this? What can you possible say or do to turn things around?
A former Houston, Texas nursing home administrator was convicted late last week of healthcare fraud and anti-kickback violations for receiving illegal payments from 2003 to 2007.
Kelvin Washington, 48, received payments for the referral of dialysis patients to a local ambulance transport service. Washington also conspired with others to have unsuspecting doctors sign transport prescriptions for dialysis patients who were never admitted to the nursing home where he worked.
Everyone’s talking about “care coordination” these days. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has just put $1 billion on the table to test new models of care that can deliver the triple aim: “better care, better health, and lower costs.” Care coordination will be integral to achieving these goals.
