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While skilled nursing providers might reasonably expect regulatory relief from the Trump administration, they shouldn’t necessarily expect investigation of fraud and civil and criminal oversight to ease this year. That’s a key takeaway from the 2024 Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review published last week by the national law firm Bass Berry [...]

The “persistence” of healthcare-associated infections in long-term care settings earned a spot on a new list revealing the top 10 patient safety concerns in 2025. The special long-term care mention landed at No. 8 in the list compiled by ECRI experts. Healthcare-associated infections, or HAIs, stem from healthcare complications, according to ECRI’s [...]

When Colleen Henderson’s 3-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract infection or constipation, common maladies in the potty-training years. After being told her health insurance wouldn’t cover an ultrasound, Henderson charged the $6,000 procedure to her credit card. Then came the [...]

CMS publishes draft MDS 3.0 Item Sets version (v)1.20.1v2 and new item matrix … Index shows most residents do not need acute care within 30 days of SNF discharge, study finds …  Questions persist as Special Focus Facility updates lapse … Two Trump health nominees advance, CDC director nomination withdrawn [...]