Kimberly Marselas

A pending class-action lawsuit in Ohio demonstrates the increased vulnerability of nursing homes targeted by hackers seeking valuable patient and employee data.

On a day in which Genesis HealthCare planned to begin wrapping up a deal that includes $40 million in cash for its assets, the one-time skilled nursing juggernaut will instead try to fight off efforts to slow or block its bankruptcy sale.

Medicare overpaid just 15 optometrists serving nursing home residents an estimated $3 million over three years for low-level services billed with more intensive, higher-cost codes.

An insider group more than doubled its original cash bid to win a bankruptcy auction for all of the assets of beleaguered Genesis HealthCare, the company revealed Monday in court filings.

The repeal of key provisions in the minimum staffing rule marked the expected-but-nonetheless welcome end of a years-long regulatory drama.

A group of skilled nursing providers is asking the president to step in and quickly lift lengthy isolation periods for COVID-positive residents ahead of the coming holiday season.

Volunteers of America does not have to face trial in a False Claims lawsuit after convincing a judge the national organization can’t be dragged into a case based on allegations against an affiliate.

Ten months into a new administration, skilled nursing providers still find themselves subject to increasingly burdensome ownership reporting requirements — with few signs that the federal government will stop its campaign to increase transparency and data collection.

One of the nation’s largest specialty wound care providers for nursing home patients has settled a False Claims lawsuit for $45 million, but it continues to reject the allegations of wrongdoing made by the federal government.

When they are done on an outpatient basis, the very same procedures won’t come with a possible three-day stay needed to trigger coverage of skilled nursing care.

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The latest refresh of skilled nursing facilities’ quality data includes the initial public reporting of new patient transfer and vaccination measures, reflecting future emphasis for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Months after it secured a Five-Star rating and was widely celebrated for completing its rebound from Medicare decertification, San Francisco’s largest nursing home continues to pay the price for safety and privacy lapses that predated the pandemic.

Facing increased fiscal and liability pressures, more US nursing homes are initiating involuntary patient discharges.

Cantex network launches rare in-SNF blood transfusion program

The Justice Department’s civil division this week published its annual report to Congress on efforts to combat elder fraud and abuse, highlighting several high-profile nursing home investigations in addition to pages of international financial scams.

A federal watchdog said Tuesday it has begun auditing nursing homes’ use of the Patient Driven Payment Model to drive skilled nursing reimbursement, and the first targeted facility is blasting the accuracy and fairness of the process.

Hospitals are referring a larger share of stroke patients to inpatient rehabilitation facilities, which typically favor home health as the provider of any additional step-down care, a recent study finds.

An influential US senator has asked a federal watchdog to determine if Genesis Healthcare and company insiders are exploiting the Chapter 11 process and then object to a planned sale if appropriate.

Eight years after federal regulators started requiring nursing homes to better incorporate certified nurse aides in their interdisciplinary teams, many are still excluded from care planning, care coordination and other interventions that drive care quality.