On January 13, 2016, the Center for Medicare Advocacy (CMA) published a terrific new alert on the discharge rights of skilled nursing facility residents.
As illustrated by a recent New York Times cover story, nursing homes throughout the country are rapidly adopting a “new” business model: attract lucrative short term patients paying through Medicare, and then throw them out once their Medicare coverage ends.People are often admitted to nursing homes to recuperate after a hospital stay, and typically have up to 100 days of rehabilitative services covered by Medicare, which pays a generous rate compared to other payment sources.
CANHR and three nursing home residents have filed a lawsuit against California Secretary of Health and Human Services, Diana Dooley, charging that the State is willfully violating federal laws that protect against dumping nursing home residents into hospitals.
The State Health and Human Services Agency has issued a depressing first response to CANHR’s lawsuit to compel the state to comply with federal law and help illegally evicted nursing home residents.
AB 927 – The Nursing Home Ownership Disclosure Act of 2016 – died after its author, Assembly Member McCarty, pulled it on January 12, 2016 just prior to a scheduled hearing before the Assembly Health Committee.
WARNING: This notice only applies to plaintiffs/class members of the class action lawsuit entitled Regina, et al. v. Hycare, Inc., et al., (Superior Court of the State of California, In and For the County of Alameda, Case No.
AB 1467 (Bloom), which proposed to cut fines for smaller RCFEs that directly cause the death of a resident form $15,000 to $5,000, is no longer active and will be officially dead on January 16.
Unfortunately, Social Security recipients will not be receiving a cost of living adjustment for 2016, and Medicare premiums for some individuals will be increasing.
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On January 13, 2016, the Center for Medicare Advocacy (CMA) published a terrific new alert on the discharge rights of skilled nursing facility residents.