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NewsMore 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, Read more...
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 Read more...
'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 Read more...
Johnson & Johnson paid millions in kickbacks to Omnicare, False Claims suit alleges
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a False Claims Act suit against Johnson & Johnson and two subsidiaries, arguing that they paid millions in kickbacks to nursing home pharmacy supply Read more...
Rate of C. diff cases continues to climb outside hospitals
Findings presented at this year's American College of Gastroenterology annual meeting suggest that Clostridium difficile infections are becoming more common outside of hospitals, a grim development Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Facilities, not docs, often take the blame for misuse of drugs for nursing home patients
It's reasonable to think that doctors should be responsible for the psychotropic drugs they prescribe to nursing home patients. A lot of times, however, they have not been held accountable in Read more...
Ill. nursing homes mix elderly with mentally ill, criminals
Yesterday, FierceHealthcare detailed the conclusions of a GAO report contending that the number of unsafe nursing homes in the U.S. could be four times higher than the number of homes CMS has Read more...
GAO: Actual number of troubled nursing homes much higher than thought
In theory, CMS has a program in place that is supposed to find nursing homes whose living conditions aren't adequate. A new report from the Government Accountability Office, however, concludes that Read more...
Nursing home industry is scaring residents, group says
In recent weeks, Humana sparked conflict with regulators when it sent out a letter outlining its position on health reform--and according to some, scaring seniors needlessly. Now, a Medicare advocacy Read more...
NY tentatively votes to cut healthcare spending by $2.3B
The New York state legislature has voted to cut health care spending by as much as $2.3 billion, which is about $1.2 billion less than Gov. David Patterson's original recommendations. If the budget Read more...
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