An extended battle between a now-defunct nursing home operator and the state of Maryland reached a conclusion this week with a $2.2 million settlement. Neiswanger Management Services (NMS) agreed to pay that amount to dismiss allegations that it had improperly discharged Medicare residents and falsely billed the state’s Medicaid program, Maryland Medical Assistance. Back in […]
Skilled Nursing News Take: In the same week that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it would delay enforcement of new skilled nursing regulations, Kaiser Health News took this deep look into how some troubled SNFs continue to rack up safety violations even after graduating from the agency’s most stringent monitoring […]
The Administration for Community Living logged more than 9,000 complaints about involuntary discharges from long-term care facility residents across the country in 2015, and now lawmakers are taking notice. In particular, officials in Maryland and Illinois have begun investigating discharge rates in their states, according to a recent report from NPR. Maryland Attorney General Brian […]
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