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HHS tests at-home and community care
Supporting at-home and community-based care, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services finalized the rule for a new Medicaid state plan option called Community First Choice and announced the
OIG: Nursing homes ill-prepared for disasters
Nursing homes are not prepared to handle disasters, such as hurricanes, floods and wild fires, as much as they should be, according to an Office of Inspector General report , released Friday. In site
CMS ramps up efforts to keep patients out of hospital
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made two announcements this week with the explicit goal of keeping patients out of the hospital. One of the programs looks to keep patients from
Clinical decision support helps to reduce pressure ulcers
By using clinical decision support (CDS) tools in conjunction with electronic health records, several dozen nursing homes across the country have reduced pressure ulcer incidence rates by 42 to 55
Hospices, nursing facilities must report quality data or lose Medicare dollars
The days of wine and roses are up for long-term care facilities and hospices. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has insisted those institutions begin gathering and reporting quality
Hospitals pay millions for costly ventilator care
Florida's hospitals are spending tens of millions of dollars a year to provide ventilator-based care because nursing homes do not receive incentives to care for such patients. In just two cases,
Study: Health IT doesn't improve outcomes in nursing homes
The use of health IT does not have a measurable impact on the outcomes of nursing home residents, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Aging and Health. Though the study is small,
More long-term-care patients join managed care plans
To rein in rising Medicaid costs, states are increasingly requiring their frailest and most expensive patients--the elderly and disabled who need long-term care--to enroll in managed care plans,
Hospitals care for hundreds of abandoned Medicaid patients
The nursing homes that reject hundreds of debilitated low-income Medicaid patients claim that they are "unable to safely meet the patients' needs," but an ongoing investigation by the Seattle Times
'Ultra-high' Medicare billing category for nursing homes has been abused for millions of dollars
An "ultra-high" billing category created by Medicare for nursing homes more than 10 years ago has been abused, potentially for billions of dollars annually in overpayments, reports the Washington
