The Bush administration would accept a short-term moratorium on two of seven proposed Medicaid regulations, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said this week.

Stop what you're doing for a moment and just listen. Yes, that is gentle quacking you hear in the distance.

Any suggestions as to how to follow up in an efficient manner after I delegate duties?

The House Energy and Commerce Committee has voted 46-0 to delay imminent Medicaid-rule changes that would cut payments and services in the long-term care sector. Most notably, the pending reductions would curtail a major source of indirect funding for facilities: provider taxes.

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole and George Mitchell have launched the Bipartisan Policy Center's Leaders' Project on the State of American Health Care.

The Elder Justice Act (HR 1783) received a heap of accolades from senior care advocates and industry representatives at a hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday.

A congressional panel of healthcare experts and legislators will discuss preventive care in the United States at a forum Wednesday. It also will reveal the results of a national survey on preventive medicine.

My administrator and board want my nursing staff to look at the number of nursing hours per resident and cut those hours. Is there any place where I could find out the average number of nurse hours per resident day in certified nursing facilities, and how many facilities are in each state?

I have been a director of nursing for a long time now and am feeling exhausted. What can I do to re-energize?

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