McKnight’s reported that the Trump Administration has changed the rules in how nursing homes can charge patients and their family members. CMS, the overseer of Medicare and Medicaid, will protect families from having to pay when vulnerable adults lose coverage or run out of money. In the past, nursing homes were permitted to demand money from family
The Daytona Beach Journal reported on the failure of a hospital to conduct a proper background check. The Florida hospital was recently found to have hired a nurse who was never actually licensed as a nurse. When the woman was initially hired, she used the nursing license number of another nurse with the same first
The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill is sure to have an effect on Americans everywhere, one place being the senior care industry. The bill contains provisions to make senior care more dangerous and expensive, yet simultaneously more needed. Anyone who has a loved one in a nursing home should be aware of the OBBB’s
Fundamental Administrative Services admitted that a few weeks ago, an another information breach took place at 87 skilled nursing facilities, putting over 56,000 individuals’ data at risk. The event took place between October and January when an “unauthorized actor” copied files from the company’s database. However, the company declined to acknowledge the event until now,
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