Tag: Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services
Struggling nursing homes mull change in direction to save themselves
Richard Gamache was armed with a plan to save his nursing home this spring. The question was if he had enough time to put...
Warwick-based Assisted Daily Living bought by Texas company
PROVIDENCE – A Texas-based home health provider with a presence in 17 states has purchased Assisted Daily Living Inc., a 50-person skilled home health...
Taryn Sylvia promoted to director of nursing at Grace Barker Health
WARREN – Grace Barker Health, a skilled nursing, short-term rehabilitation, assisted living and adult day health provider located in Warren, has promoted Taryn Sylvia...
HopeHealth Visiting Nurse earns Joint Commission accreditation, recertification
LINCOLN – HopeHealth Visiting Nurse has earned accreditation and recertification for its home health care and community-based palliative care program after passing a federal...
Kent offers state’s first ‘hospital-at-home’ acute care program
Call it home sweet hospital.
Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick recently received a waiver from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and...
COVID-19 stimulus bill could help R.I. hospitals
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island hospitals could see a $28 million yearly boost in Medicare reimbursements if the U.S. House passes the COVID-19 relief bill...
Nursing home staffing bill passes R.I. Senate
PROVIDENCE – Legislation requiring a set number of hours of daily care for nursing home residents and a pay raise for certified nursing assistants...
Five Questions With: Mark Cooper
In September, Mark Cooper was named vice president of Medicare-Medicaid Product at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island after working for nearly 20 years...
Neighborhood’s Medicare-Medicaid dual plan extended through 2023
SMITHFIELD – Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island has announced a three-year extension of its Medicare-Medicaid Duals Program.
The program, known as the INTEGRITY plan,...
23 R.I. nursing homes cited for infection-control violations prior to COVID-19...
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-three Rhode Island nursing homes have been cited for infection-control and prevention violations over the past two years, including 11 that have...
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