Clients and friends: Each month as we sit down to compose this letter it seems that we have more changes to share. We embrace these transformations, as it means that we are open to new ideas, that our attorneys and staff are embracing development and are passionate about the work we do. The model we […]
SHG Celebrates a Season of Giving
We are celebrating this holiday season by giving a total of $5,000 to charity. It’s important to us that our charitable donations reflect not just our values and beliefs, but also the ideals and organizations that are important to you – our clients. Clients are welcome to nominate charitable organizations. Organizations can be local or national and no organization […]
Changes to the Kansas Medicaid System in the Works; Providers and Beneficiaries Anxiously Await a More Efficient Eligibility Process
Long-term care residents and providers in Kansas are in the midst of some potentially very positive developments as the State undertakes some major changes to the way Medicaid applications are processed. Over the last several years, the Kansas long-term care community took some serious hits due to a severe backlog of Medicaid cases, which caused […]
Deadline Looming for Mandatory Nursing Home Compliance Programs
Skilled Nursing Facilities have until November 28, 2019 to adopt and implement a compliance program that meets the elements set out by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Beginning on that date, state survey agencies will start assessing nursing homes’ compliance programs as an additional condition of participation in Medicare and Medicaid. Issued […]
New York Planning Drastic Cuts to Medicaid Nursing Home Rates
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) is planning to radically change how it calculates Medicaid nursing home reimbursements. DOH’s new method will alter the way the state calculates the average Case Mix Index (CMI) of Medicaid nursing home residents in order to save the Medicaid program $246 million, half of which will come […]