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MedPAC to adjust PDPM

For an industry where profit margins are  widely discussed, financial transparency is nonexistent. For decades, the industry claims they cannot provide care under the old reimbursement models. However, the new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) model was not budget neutral. Therefore, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) suggested a modification to keep base payment rates budget

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year. Be safe tonight! New York Times published the following letters on How to Improve Nursing Home Care. The experiences of each are interesting. The Family Physician To the Editor: “How Nursing Homes Hide Their Most Serious Lapses” (front page, Dec. 10) exposes conditions in nursing homes, issues with their regulation and the

Training Waivers

Consumer advocates are encouraging CMS to end the temporary waiver on nurse aide training. The rule says that new aides cannot work longer than four months without becoming certified. CMS waived the certification and training requirement in April 2020. CMS implemented the waiver during the pandemic because it was a public health crisis. Providers argue it

Biden Bailout

Economic Good News According to Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, American economic output jumped more than 7% in the last three months of 2021. Incredible. Because of Biden’s economic policies, overall growth for 2021 will exceed 6%. These numbers are the highest in decades. In February, Trump’s jobless rate was 6.2%. Now it has dropped to 4.2%.

Vice Expose

Vice News investigated the for-profit nursing home chain Life Care Centers. Vice did a fantastic job explaining the failures of the nursing home industry by using Life Care Centers as an example. Brilliant. As a nursing home attorney, we hear these stories all the time. It all comes down to unsafe staffing caused by unreasonable

Nurse Practioneers and Physician Assistants

A nurse practitioner (NP) and physician assistant (PA) are great occupations. Both provide career alternatives to advanced healthcare roles, but not as physicians. An NP attends a nursing school. A PA attends a medical school or center of medicine. Nurses follow a patient-centered model, in which they focus on disease prevention and health education. NPs

$15 Million Awarded in Highway Collision

$42 Million Given Back for over 8,000 Investors

$1.05 Million Largest Nursing Home Jury Award in Spartanburg History

$2.32 Million in “Unprecedented” Jury Award Against Nuisance Landfill

$42 Million Given Back for over 8,000 Investors

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