Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Aging in Place: 39 Million Home and Personal Care Robots A Year By 2024

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ID 112050146 © Vladislav Kochelaevskiy | Dreamstime.com McKnight's Senior Living  recently published an article with the headline,...
Friday, August 23, 2019

Increasing Blood Pressure Drugs Upon Hospital Discharge Poses Health Risks

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Increasing blood pressure medications when older patients are discharged from the hospital may also increase falling, fainting or kidne...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Class-action Challenges Observation Status Determinations - Seeking Medicare Eligibility for Nursing Home Care

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More than 1.3 million Medicare observation stay claims could be appealed if a class-action lawsuit filed against the Department of Health...
Monday, August 12, 2019

Less Than One-Third of New Medicare Beneficiaries Enroll in Medicare Advantage

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The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released new findings about what coverage new Medicare enrollees choose. This information is importa...
Thursday, August 8, 2019

HHS Seats RAISE Family Caregiver Act Advisory Council

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The RAISE Family Caregiver Act, which became law in January 2018 , was created to support the development and execution of a nationa...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Recording Fees Increase in Ohio

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Effective October 16, 2019, recording fees for most documents will increase by $6.00  due to the passage of HB 166 by the Ohio Legis...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Fraud Alert: Genetic Testing Scam

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T he U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General has issued a   fraud alert   warning that free  DN...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Ohio Receives Near Failing Grade on Nursing Home Report Card

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Families for Better Care ("FBC"), recently  published its state-by-state nursing home report card . Ohio received  a near fail...
Thursday, June 13, 2019

Nursing Home Occupancy Rates Rise- Financial Struggles Persist

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ID 28485115 ©  Luckydoor  |  Dreamstime.com According to an article in McKnight's Long-term Care News , nursing home occupancy had...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Aging in Place: New CMS Policies are Changing the Way Investors View Home Health

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"Patients have always had a preference for 'aging in place;' being cared for in the comfort and familiarity of their homes and...