The Legal Expert: What are the legal risks of using ride-sharing services?
By
John Durso
Feb 05, 2019
We are thinking of using Lyft or Uber for our residents. Are there legal issues we should consider?
Drug-stealing nurse gets to keep her job, arbitrator rules
By
Marty Stempniak
Feb 05, 2019
An Ontario nursing home must rehire a registered nurse who was caught stealing opioids on the job — and compensate her for her losses, according to an arbitrator’s ruling.
Coroner: Enhance LTC death reporting
By
Marty Stempniak
Feb 05, 2019
A Pennsylvania county coroner is pushing for law changes that would require eldercare providers to publicly report all resident deaths.
BCDI buys HealthDrive to fill gaps in its ancillary services
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 05, 2019
Bain Capital Double Impact has bought HealthDrive, with a goal of serving more skilled nursing and assisted living residents.
HealthStream buys Providigm for $18M
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 05, 2019
HealthStream has bought Providigm LLC, a Denver-based company focused on quality assurance and performance improvement for $18 million, the companies announced in mid-January.
How to do it…Multidisciplinary infection control
By
John Hall
Feb 05, 2019
Many efforts to implement best practices in healthcare settings concede one fundamental universal truth: Successful change doesn’t happen in a vacuum. When it comes to implementing infection control...
Design Decisions: Sosin Rehab Center lays claim to becoming the first Green House certified nursing and...
By
John Andrews
Feb 05, 2019
Apparently, it is easy being green. Not the color, but the concept for the Sosin Rehabilitation Center in Longmeadow, MA.
The Big Picture: Better ways to save?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2019
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about bundled payments. This new approach will usher in a new era of better healthcare at lower costs, its many advocates insist.
Editor’s Desk: Top exec says it’s time to look into self-insurance
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 05, 2019
As the president and CEO of the nation’s largest association of nursing home operators, Mark Parkinson clearly has a lot on his mind these days.
Gary Tetz: Hands off my salt!
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 05, 2019
Here’s a question that just popped unwelcome into my idle mind. When time taps me on the shoulder and beckons toward a long-term care facility, what should I pack?