David Grabowski Professor in Health Care Policy Harvard Medical School David Grabowski freely admits that he’s a “long-term care geek.” The professor of healthcare policy at Harvard Medical...
Dressed for Success: Wound care dressing options have exploded, but deciding which material is best for...
By
John Hall
Jun 08, 2018
A few years back, Mary Madison’s husband developed a pressure injury caused by sitting for long periods behind the wheel of a city bus. Her many years as a long-term care director of nursing and...
Privacy firms driving deals
By
John O'Connor
Jun 08, 2018
Transactions involving nursing facilities totaled $900 million in the first quarter, according to Bill Kauffman, senior principal at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care. Seniors housing...
CMS rebuilding adds 2.4% Medicare hike
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 08, 2018
Skilled nursing providers will get a 2.4% Medicare pay raise Oct. 1 — far more than expected — and a simplified new resident classification system, much to their relief. The Centers for Medicare &...
$5K fine for opioid refusal
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 08, 2018
A skilled nursing facility that denied admission to a patient receiving treatment for opioid dependency has settled federal discrimination charges. Charlwell Operating LLC, owner of the 124-bed Charlwell...
Demand for workers will continue to climb
By
John O'Connor
Jun 08, 2018
The demand for skilled care workers will grow by 13% through 2026, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor projections. Overall, job growth in the healthcare sector is predicted to triple the pace...
More die from falls, says CDC
By
John O'Connor
Jun 08, 2018
More seniors are dying after falls, leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ask doctors and other caregivers to broach the topic more often. The agency noted in its most recent Morbidity...
Workouts can hasten decline
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 08, 2018
Moderate exercise may hasten Alzheimer’s if done regularly after diagnosis, a new study suggests. Oxford researchers found people with mild to moderate dementia who worked out in a gym twice weekly...
Rating methods worlds apart
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 08, 2018
Users who rate nursing homes on social media often use more service-oriented criteria than government officials do, say academic researchers who stacked facilities’ Yelp reviews against Nursing Home...
Payment levels remain the big mystery with new PDPM
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 08, 2018
The newly proposed Patient Driven Payment Model is a breath of fresh air to providers because it will utilize 80% fewer payment group combinations than its suggested predecessor, RCS-1. It also will use...