FLORIDA —The state of Florida evacuated 72 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in late August in an effort to keep residents safe from Hurricane Dorian. Just four of the long-term care...
Nursing homes gain short reprieve from funding cuts
Oct 18, 2019
CONNECTICUT — Gov. Ned Lamont’s (D) administration offered nine nursing homes a temporary reprieve from Medicaid funding cuts that have been threatening the facilities. The state Department...
Esformes gets 20 years
Oct 18, 2019
FLORIDA — Long-term care businessman Philip Esformes was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of running a $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme through his network of nursing homes. ...
Robotic neck brace boosts ALS patients’ functionality
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 17, 2019
Columbia University researchers have designed a novel robotic brace that supports the neck during its natural motion and dramatically assists ALS patients in holding their heads up and actively supporting...
October IT Update
Oct 17, 2019
» New research has found that eye-tracking technology may make it possible to predict if people with mild memory and thinking impairments will go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease. Results were published...
Providers may be exploiting Medicare stays: researchers
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 17, 2019
The Medicare system is spending “significantly” more on post-acute care for patients when compared to those who have commercial insurance, despite it not being clinically more beneficial to do so,...
Back pay total: $261,000
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 17, 2019
Shoddy bookkeeping and pay practices have cost a New York City-based nursing home operator more than $261,000. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division found that three Centers...
Ask the payment expert: PDPM is now underway, what should I be concerned about?
By
Caryn Adams
Oct 17, 2019
Now that PDPM is officially underway, what should I be concerned about? As our clinical team and I have completed trainings for facility staff on the Patient-Driven Payment Model, questions and concerns...
Start-up Ignite Medical gets hospital backing in new deal
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 17, 2019
Upscale rehab provider Ignite Medical Resorts and the University of Kansas Health System have partnered as owners of the revamped Kansas City Transitional Care Center. Now operating as Ignite Medical Resort,...
Ensign picks up No. 202
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 17, 2019
The Ensign Group Inc. recently acquired the real estate and operations of Temple View Transitional Care Center, a 119-bed skilled nursing facility in Rexburg, ID. It brings Ensign’s portfolio to 202...