Oregon, Washington, and Vermont have passed right-to-die legislation, and now California has even passed right-to-die legislation similar to the legislation passed in Oregon in 1997. The End-of-Life Option Act, signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on October 5, 2015, allows an individual to seek “aid-in-dying” if they have two different physicians attest in writing that there is six months or less to live.
CMS finalized the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, set to begin on April 1, 2016, which will hold hospitals accountable for the quality of care they deliver to Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries for hip and knee replacements and/or other major leg procedures from surgery through recovery.
Many hospitals are working hard at lowering readmissions among Medicare patients. But another patient group - adults covered by Medicaid - have readmission rates that are just as high, or even higher, than Medicare patients, 2012 data from AHRQ shows.
Regent Management Services L.P. has agreed to pay approximately $3.199 million to settle allegations that it received kickbacks from various ambulance companies in exchange for rights to Regent’s more lucrative Medicare and Medicaid transport referrals
California Association of Health Facilities has released a new Disaster Preparedness App designed as "A simple and FREE way to be better prepared for an emergency" and is holding a free webinar to learn about the app and implement it in your organization.
On November 16, 2015, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that the current hard copy of the Post Survey Satisfaction Evaluation Form (LC-Q1) will be replaced with an electronic evaluation via SurveyMonkey.
Long term care facilities are on the White House agenda this week, as two proposed changes for the emergency preparedness standards and fire safety guidelines have arrived at the White House for review.
Small businesses spend an average of 13 hours, or $1275, a month in order to keep up with Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance. Unfortunately, even with this solid investment, small employers are still coming up short on compliance delivery.
Between 2009 and 2015, a psychological services company submitted false claims to Medicare and were charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and conspiracy to make false statements related to healthcare matters.
For the past three years, CMS has partnered with 144 nursing facilities across seven states to test a model to reduce avoidable hospitalizations for long-stay residents of nursing facilities.
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