Oct 29, 2019 | News
From McKnight’s Long-Term Care News — The federal government and state survey agencies will likely place a heightened emphasis on high-priority complaints in nursing facilities and how soon they’re investigated based on newly released data from the Office of...
Oct 22, 2019 | News
From STATnews.com — Say this about the kinds of molecular mayhem that we know underlie aging: Mechanisms like whether the ends of chromosomes fray (bad) and whether genes’ on-off status breaks down (really bad) at least sound like plausible ways to impair vital...
Oct 15, 2019 | News
From Modern Healthcare — By MICHAEL BRADY ModernHealthcare.com The CMS on Monday announced that it would make it easier for consumers to find out about nursing homes that have violated rules about abuse, neglect or exploitation. The agency’s Nursing Home...
Oct 8, 2019 | News
From USA Today — For more than a decade, Kendrick Gills lived off a dead man. He stole more than $500,000 in benefits from a deceased relative over 14 years, tricking the government into thinking the man was alive and living with him. When the feds caught on and...
Oct 1, 2019 | News
From DisabilityScoop.com — After officials in the last holdout state enacted a new rule, all 50 states and Washington, D.C. have mandates that require some level of insurance coverage for the treatment of autism. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance now...
Sep 24, 2019 | News
From DisabilityScoop.com — The U.S. Department of Education is weighing in after confusion forced some students with disabilities to withdraw from or forgo applying to postsecondary programs. The federal agency issued a question-and-answer guide this week specifying...
Sep 17, 2019 | News
From The Military Times — Veterans unemployment rose for the fourth consecutive month in August, and the jobless rate for younger veterans was higher than the national figure for the first time since January. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates released...
Sep 10, 2019 | News
From The Military Times — A recent federal court decision could dramatically expand veterans education benefits by allowing them an extra year of tuition assistance if they qualify for both the Post-9/11 GI Bill program and the older Montgomery GI Bill payouts....
Sep 3, 2019 | News
From CMS.com — CMS offers broad support for Florida with Hurricane Dorian preparation The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced efforts underway to support Florida in response to Hurricane Dorian. Today, Health and Human Services...
Aug 27, 2019 | News
From DisabilityScoop.com — After the widespread success of state insurance mandates for autism treatment, a grassroots effort is underway to do the same for other developmental disabilities. This summer, Missouri became the third state to pass a law requiring...
