The Biden Administration will allow nursing facilities can use Provider Relief Fund payments for expenses that date back to Jan. 1, 2020. Industry lobbyist LeadingAge issued a report arguing a provider who received a PRF payment can submit for lost revenue or “uncompensated” expenses. This flexibility is ripe for waste, fraud, and abuse. Providers who
Politics in Trumpland Republican congressional candidate William Braddock threatened to kill a fellow candidate. A recorded phone conversation shows Florida Man Braddock threatening to hire assassins to eliminate his main opponent in the race. Braddock threatens to organize an assassination on his congressional seat opponent, Anna Paulina Luna. “I really don’t want to have to
Average life expectancy in the United States dropped in 2020. A new study published in The BMJ found between 2018 and 2020, the decrease in average life expectancy at birth in the U.S. was roughly 1.9 years. This is horrible compared to other high-income countries. In fact, the decrease is 8.5 times larger than the
A federal court in Texas dismissed a frivolous lawsuit by 117 hospital employees. The employees believe they have certain rights to refuse a workplace vaccination requirement. Judge Lynn N. Hughes, a Reagan appointee, said Plaintiffs had no case. Houston Methodist suspended 178 employees who refuse the vaccine requirement. Plaintiffs “misconstrued” the law and “misrepresented the
Darlene Weaver died in June 2017. Her children filed a lawsuit against the Timely Mission Nursing Home. The family contends the neglect and recklessness caused her death. The lawsuit accused the facility of failing to provide care, preventing falls, negligent hiring, inadequate training, and covering up adult abuse. The nursing home’s failure to provide proper
Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that provides health insurance coverage to low-income children, seniors, and people with disabilities. Eighty million people are covered by Medicaid coverage. This is more than ever before in the history of the program. Medicaid long-term care benefits pay for nursing home care. However, the federal government may grant “waivers”
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