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Hundreds of LTC JOBS (NHA / DON / MDS / CFO / AR DIRECTOR / PT / OT / SLP)
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500+ Long-Term Care Jobs (Sales, NHA, DON, MDS, HR, BOM, RVP)
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Celebrate National Long Term Care Administrator's Week
Celebrate National Long Term Care Administrator's Week
March 10-16, 2013
Since 1994, The American College of Health Care Administrators has sponsored this national observance each March. Long Term Care Administrator's Week honors and celebrates the important role the administrator has…
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WHCA Legislative Issue Brief
Restoration of Skilled Nursing Facility
Reimbursement System
HB 1885
Issue
The integrity of the Legislature’s reimbursement system for nursing homes is undermined by temporary, supplemental payments to providers that do not necessarily correlate with the provision of quality patient care. This is in direct conflict…
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Legislation to restore SNF payment structure introduced
Legislation to restore SNF payment structure introduced
Endorsed by both WHCA and LeadingAge,…
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SOTU Response: We’re Ready for Reform, Not More Cuts
SOTU Response: We’re Ready for Reform, Not More Cuts
Solutions to address Medicare & Medicaid challenges must go beyond further reductions, says Parkinson
AHCA Press Office AHCAPressOffice@ahca.org 202-898-3165
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2/12/2013…
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Medicare Paid Claims for Inmates, Undocumented Residents
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Skilled or unskilled nursing: Feds ramp up investigations, prosecutions
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Providers Prepare for Long Fight Against 10% Medi-Cal Rate Cut
Friday, January 18, 2013
Providers Prepare for Long Fight Against 10% Medi-Cal Rate Cut
Certain health care providers in California are preparing for a long legal struggle over a proposed 10% cut to Medi-Cal reimbursements, Modern Physician reports.
Medi-Cal is California's Medicaid program.
The payment…
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Distinguishing ‘Preventable’ from ‘Necessary’
Distinguishing ‘Preventable’ from ‘Necessary’ Hospitalizations in Long Term Care Is No Easy Task
January 4, 2013
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TAKE ACTION NOW TO STOP CUTS TO PROVIDERS
Hours from now, the House of Representatives will be asked to cut the Medicaid Provider Assessments as part of the “Spending Reduction Act of 2012.” This is not a manageable cut for many providers and for your state. Congress is being ask...ed to defer the defense sequester cuts on the backs of the poorest, oldest Americans. In addition to the…
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Appeals Court Rules Calif. Can Reduce Medi-Cal Rates by 10%
On Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California can reduce Medi-Cal payments for health care providers by 10%, overturning a lower court decision that blocked the cut, the Sacramento Bee's "Capitol Alert" reports.
Medi-Cal is California's Medicaid program (Yamamura, "Capitol…
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If You're Considering Creating Households, Let Go of Preconceptions
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20 National Organizations Send Letter to White House, Congress on Provider Assessments
20 National Organizations Send Letter to White House, Congress on Provider Assessments “Protect critical Medicaid funding from fiscal cliff deal for vulnerable Americans”
AHCA/NCAL, Michael Cowden (202) 898-3165 NAPH, Carl Graziano (202) 585-0102
Washington, DC –Twenty national organizations and associations representing Medicaid recipients and health care providers today sent a letter to the White House and Congress urging that provider assessments be protected from fiscal…
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The Fiscal Cliff and the Middle Class Poor
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The New Nursing Home Alternative Is A 'Granny Pod' In The Backyard
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State Supreme Court Allows Patients To Sue Nursing Home Owner
On Wednesday, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a group of patients can sue Covenant Care for allegedly violating California nurse-staffing standards, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Covenant Care owns 16 nursing homes in Alameda County.
State standards require long-term skilled-nursing facilities…
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Top 10 nursing home deficiencies, top 10 trouble states
November 19, 2012 by Pamela Tabar, Associate Editor
ProPublica has released an updated version of its Nursing Home Inspect tool, offering a much wider view of nursing home violations, including more deficiency details and a longer look-back period. The software simplifies searches through the database information collected from the regulatory surveys of the nation’s nursing homes. The latest version includes 262,500 deficiencies, ranked on a scale of A to L, with L being the most…
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State AG Office Sets Sights on Nursing Home Elder Abuse
Representatives for California Attorney General Kamala Harris (D) recently confirmed that Harris' office is establishing three specialized teams -- one in Sacramento and two in Southern California -- to pursue criminal charges against administrators and workers at nursing homes that are suspected of abusing their elderly residents…
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