Monday, September 14, 2026 - Updated Daily



CMS announced a $3.4 billion medical equipment supplier fraud scheme involving 11 suppliers and claims for deceased beneficiaries. Here is what it means….by Reginald Hislop III On September 8, 2026, CMS announced that it had moved against a medical...
Healthcare reform is not a single bill. It is three separate changes moving through the federal system at once, and only one of them touches a skilled nursing facility’s day-to-day operations directly. Operators who treat…
The in-house versus contract therapy decision is usually framed as an operating question — margin, staffing burden, flexibility. It is actually a liability question, and too many SNF operators make the choice without fully pricing…
Readers, followers (Twitter, etc.) and folks who have attended one or more of my industry conference presentations know that I routinely harp on the “risk/reward” relationship between SNFs and therapy companies (the contract therapy provides)….
Yes another SNF, another therapy contract and more fraud settlements. The only thing that isn’t different is the contractor – RehabCare once again (a coincidence?…not likely). In news released late last week, a Maine SNF…



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