Few health-related bills are expected this year: Roskam
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 08, 2018
At least one prominent lawmaker is being straightforward about what providers can likely expect this fall from Congress. His stance? Not much. The influential chairman of the House Ways & Means Health...
Hospital chain will own HCR
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2018
Welltower Inc. and hospital operator ProMedica are acquiring Quality Care Properties Inc. for nearly $2 billion in an 80/20 deal. QCP was in the process of purchasing HCR ManorCare, which is emerging from...
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...
Insulin prices scrutinized
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 08, 2018
U.S. Senators and the American Diabetes Association called for greater transparency on insulin pricing, as well as other measures to help individuals with diabetes. A new American Diabetes Association...
Gardening therapy blooms with provider-vendor pact
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 08, 2018
A Long Island nursing home is the latest in the field to partner with a Seattle startup based nearly 3,000 miles away to use gardening as a remedy for its residents. Parker Jewish Institute of New Hyde...
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...
Ask the Legal Expert about … Overtime laws
By
John Durso
Jun 08, 2018
Some of our staff are super-diligent and work right through lunch breaks sometimes. Can we get in trouble with OSHA or other regulators if we stress to them to take their breaks but they still don’t?
Partners against Legionnaires’ disease
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 08, 2018
A public health and safety organization is partnering with a consulting firm to offer long-term care facilities expert advice in avoiding Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks. Ann Arbor, MI-based NSF...
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...
Lawsuit: multiple falls, lack of pain meds before death
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 08, 2018
The family of a woman who died after falling while being transferred with a lift is suing her former nursing home for nearly $2.5 million. An executor for the estate of Fannye Doris Holden Scruggs Rorer...