Tag: Nursing Home

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with 16 fellow attorneys general, submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recommending that it maintain its pro-patient rule that protects patients’ rights by prohibiting pre-dispute arbitration clauses in nursing home and other long-term care contracts.

A Maine skilled nursing facility, Ross Manor, entered into an agreement with the United States to pay $1.2 million to resolve allegations concerning inflated Medicare claims for rehabilitation therapy.

Governor Rick Scott announced Jan. 26 proposed funding for three new state veterans nursing homes as part of the 2015-2016 “KEEP FLORIDA WORKING” budget. One of the new homes, the Ardie R. Copas State Veterans’ Nursing Home, has already been app...