The Supreme Court’s historic 5-4 Affordable Care Act decision clarifies insurance rules. But the controversial verdict appears to make Medicaid’s requirements and boundaries less certain than...
GOP pledges to fight on after vote saves healthcare reform
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2012
Who says one vote doesn’t matter? The Supreme Court preserved the Affordable Care Act because a conservative judge decided that a liberal president’s expanded healthcare program was worth saving.
High-tech wound dressing is shown to fight infection
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2012
University of Wisconsin researchers have demonstrated how an ultra-thin layer of polymer impregnated with a surgical antibacterial can help healing by preventing infection.
Literature review offers care guidance
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2012
A comprehensive literature review has revealed new perspective for the care of chronic and other wounds. Full findings appear in the British Journal of Surgery.
Time to revamp Medicaid
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2012
As this goes to press, many of the nation’s governors are sorting out a major Medicaid decision: Take the money or run.
Let’s hope they don’t give war a chance
By
John O'Connor
Jul 30, 2012
Many long-term care insiders are starting to wonder if sequestration might not be so bad after all. That’s because a provision in the sequestration law caps Medicare funding cuts at 2%. All things...
Turning a challenge into an opportunity
By
John O'Connor
Jul 27, 2012
Many nursing home administrators are not sleeping well these days. If it’s any consolation, hospital administrators are probably catching even fewer winks.
Patients, residents, or something else?
By
John O'Connor
Jul 22, 2012
By any standard, assisted living and skilled care operators are taking care of customers who need more help.
The star treatment is here to stay
By
John O'Connor
Jul 20, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has just rolled out its latest version of Nursing Home Compare. If your facility garnered five stars, you probably love it. If you received one star, you surely...
The Medicaid fog keeps rolling in
By
John O'Connor
Jul 16, 2012
When the Supreme Court ruled that most of Obamacare could stay on the books, it included a notable caveat: States couldn’t be forced to participate in its expanded Medicaid provisions. Since then,...