Month: December 2017

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November 2017

Posted onAuthorKiara Lopez

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Category: News & Notes Archive [92 posts]

Nursing home residents have very specific rights that are intended to prevent inappropriate, unnecessary and untimely transfers and discharges.

Posted onAuthorKiara Lopez

Facilities must document in the resident’s record the reasons for the transfer or discharge. In order to justify the transfer or discharge, one of the following reasons must be substantiated: 1.

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Category: CANHR Advocate Did You Know Articles [81 posts]

CMS Delays Enforcement of New Federal Nursing Home Requirements

Posted onAuthorKiara Lopez

CMS Delays Enforcement of New Federal Nursing Home Requirements. On November 24, 2017 – just four days before certain new federal nursing home requirements took effect – the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) imposed an 18-month moratorium on enforcing almost all of the new requirements.

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Category: New Developments [536 posts]

Scandal-Ridden Brius to Pay up to $6.9 Million for Illegal Kickback Scheme

Posted onAuthorKiara Lopez

Scandal-Ridden Brius to Pay up to $6.9 Million for Illegal Kickback Scheme. November 16, 2017, The U.S. Department of Justice announced that four Brius-owned nursing homes in the San Diego area will pay up to $6.9 million dollars to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit involving illegal kickbacks for patient referrals and false claims to government health care programs.

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Category: New Developments [536 posts]