In many ways, 2011 was the year of the REIT, or real estate investment trust. Compared to alternative funding sources, REITs were flush with cash ...
President Obama's 2013 budget plan received a cool reception from the provider community. The collective criticism is that the $3.8 trillion blueprint lacks fairness and ...
The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit over Omnicare's bid to grab PharMerica.
Individual therapy services are seeing a huge spike across skilled care settings, according to a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report. The shift ...
Lifelong musical training, especially if it lasts late in life, can help overcome age-related hearing loss, a new study finds.
Deep brain stimulation enhanced the memory of epilepsy patients with recall problems, a small study has found.
Providers can learn about new opportunities to qualify for federal reimbursements at the McKnight's Online Expo later this month.
An advisory panel to the White House is recommending providers mandate annual employee flu shots if voluntary programs do not achieve at least 90% compliance.
Providers had braced for possible reimbursement cuts in President Obama's 2013 budget. But the actual reductions could be even more austere than anticipated.
Skilled nursing facilities should promote their efforts to better reduce rehospitalizations, a policy expert warns.
Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) signed anti-union legislation early in February that will turn Indiana into a right-to-work state. Right-to-work legislation bans unions from requiring members to ...
It's not easy work and not as glamorous as other positions, so finding and keeping quality staff carries that much more importance.
Staying current on wound care tracking methods is essential for clinicians and other staff members working in today's long-term care clinical environment.
As many as 5.1 million Americans currently suffer from Alzheimer's disease. And that number is quickly growing. As the U.S. population ages, the number of ...
Residents should be placed on contact precautions while they are experiencing diarrhea. Wait to discontinue precautions until the diarrhea resolves.
Some of the risk factors that may contribute to development of these ulcers include atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking and dyslipidemia.
The rate of foot and leg amputations in diabetics over the age of 40 fell 65% between 1996 and 2008, according to a recent report.
Manuka honey may help clear chronic wound infections and tackle the bacteria that delays healing, Cardiff University researchers have found.
Yes, I sure do! Meet with your leadership team to decide which areas you feel that you need to routinely track. Develop your audit tools ...
State-mandated caps on registered nurses' mandatory overtime have succeeded in reducing medical mistakes and decreasing turnover rates, a new study finds.
Everything is coming up roses for people pursuing jobs in the healthcare industry, according to a new batch of statistics from the U.S. Department of ...
Nursing and therapy need to be monitoring the therapy level on a continual basis. Therapy staff need to look forward seven days to make sure ...
Federal researchers believe a common evaluation and payment model for three types of post-acute care could be up and running in the not-so-distant future. The ...
Lower Medicaid federal matching rates will be in place for about 30 states in fiscal 2014, according to a report from the National Association of ...
According to the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may reduce a civil money penalty (CMP) by 50% in cases where ...
Arizona has the right to recover a community spouse's annuity to pay for an institutionalized spouse's medical costs, a U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed.
Same-sex partners who want to participate in a state long-term care program can move forward with a federal lawsuit, a federal judge has said.
All CFOs are taught that past performance is not an indication of future performance. Performance data is only part of how investment consultants evaluate money ...
Staffing costs dominate budget concerns in many long-term care facilities, yet, ironically, staffing software and management systems do not. The efficiencies gained and the problems ...
Jana Headrick likes to snag them when they're young — future long-term care professionals, that is. As the director of wellness at the continuing care ...
With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services looking extra closely at Medicare and Medicaid claims these days, skilled nursing providers need every tool available ...
A public-private stakeholder group has submitted quality measure recommendations for long-term care to the federal government.
Taking a resident's blood pressure is such a routine task that most nurses never give the protocol a second thought. New research, however, suggests that ...
Anxiety and depression are rampant among elderly nursing home residents, but a new study shows that one common treatment may not be as helpful as ...
One of Hollywood's most famous nursing homes has started readmitting residents, and may stay afloat due to a possible agreement with Kindred Healthcare.
Griffin-American Health Care REIT II has acquired 10 skilled nursing facilities and a medical office building for $174.3 million.
Omnicare recently announced the launch of a new application for controlled substances. Prescribers — including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants — can electronically transmit ...
California-based Consumer Watchdog has filed a class action lawsuit against Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania. The organization alleges that SHIP is refusing to honor ...
If long-term care providers (and their residents and families) needed any more depressing confirmation that they are not on the presidential radar screen, they've gotten ...
From his days as a child to running around the halls of UHS centers to running after his own children, Neil L. Pruitt Jr. has ...
