By John Ruffier Since the 1970s, Medicare beneficiaries have had the ability to receive Medicare benefits through private health plans (mainly Health Maintenance Organizations) as an alternative to the traditional Medicare program administered by the …
Luxury Senior Living on the Rise
Senior Housing News recently published an interesting article on the increasing demand for luxury senior living (read the full article at http://seniorhousingnews.com/2016/08/23/luxury-senior-living-booming/). The gist of the article is that many Baby Boomers are retiring with …
Making Seniors Housing Affordable for Middle-Class Residents
Senior Housing Business magazine’s October-November 2016 issue had an interesting “question of the month” – asking how to make the industry more affordable for the middle class. Unsurprisingly, there were many differing opinions on the …
CMS CRACKS DOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE BY NURSING HOME STAFF
By: I. Paul Mandelkern: On August 5th the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memorandum to all state survey agencies requiring that during the next standard survey of a nursing home, whether …
CMS ADDS NEW QUALITY MEASURES TO NURSING HOME COMPARE WEBSITE
By: I. Paul Mandelkern: To help residents and their families find a quality Medicare or Medicaid certified nursing home and to encourage nursing homes to achieve high quality by public reporting of quality measures, in …
What Lies Ahead in 2016?
Senior Housing News recently published an interesting article entitled “Senior Housing Crystal Ball: To Execs’ 2016 Predictions”. As would be expected, there are a lot of concerns over the competition for staff talent and the …
Florida Nursing Home Pays Record Settlement to Resolve Federal Anti-Kickback Case
By: I. Paul Mandelkern In a recent case Hebrew Homes Health Network, Inc. and its former president and executive Director agreed to pay $17 million to settle allegations that Hebrew Homes violated the federal anti-kickback …
Did a Florida Nursing Home Win the Bankruptcy Court Battle But Lose the War?
By I. Paul Mandelkern: Two recent orders by a bankruptcy judge in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida show the impact of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan on a …
Nursing Home Chain Agrees to Pay Record Amount to Settle False Claims Allegations
by Paul Mandelkern Extendicare Health Services, Inc., which operates 146 skilled nursing facilities in eleven states, agreed in October to pay $38 million to the United States and eight states to resolve allegations that it …
Florida Bankruptcy Judge’s Groundbreaking Order Prohibits Termination of Debtor’s Medicare and Medicaid Provider Agreements
by I. Paul Mandelkern Recently the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida issued an order prohibiting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration …