New bills would provide nursing homes with funding for disaster relief and sprinkler systems
Mar 25, 2009
One new federal bill would expand the scope of disaster relief to include for-profit nursing homes, while another would help fund the installation of sprinkler systems.
Nursing home operator faces setback in lawsuit that brought $30 million judgment against it
Mar 01, 2009
An appeals court has ordered the retrial of a lawsuit in which a major nursing home chain had most of a $29.8 million punitive damages award against it thrown out. The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled...
Kindred earnings rise 30% in fourth quarter
Feb 23, 2009
Despite the general economic gloom at the end of 2008, Kindred Healthcare Inc. ended the year strong. Net income rose by 30% in the fourth quarter compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
Assisted living DONs receive pay bump in 2008, CNA turnover rates hold steady
Jan 30, 2009
Directors of nursing at assisted living facilities saw a slight pay increase in the last year. Their national average salaries rose to $60,000 in 2008 from $59,627 in 2007, according to the eleventh annual...
Initial results of five-star ratings: Nonprofit nursing homes deliver better care, analysis shows
Dec 19, 2008
Nonprofit nursing homes provide a higher quality of care than for-profit facilities, according to an analysis by USA Today of the first ratings of nursing homes by the government’s five-star rating...
Golden Living names Dr. Neil Kurtz second CEO
Aug 13, 2008
The nation’s second largest nursing-home chain has turned to a physician with deep experience in pharmaceutical research and delivery to become its new chief executive. Neil Kurtz, M.D., will become...
‘Transparency’ bill rankles for-profits
By
Liza Berger
Apr 01, 2008
The for-profit long-term care community has been digesting a bitter tasting piece of proposed new legislation in recent weeks.
It’s in the genes
By
Liza Berger
Jan 15, 2008
CEO Robert Adams follows in his father’s footsteps.
Report blasts private equity for cutbacks
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2007
Private equity investors who have been hailed in long-term care circles for scooping up hundreds of facilities at high prices were ripped in a New York Times investigative article for allegedly cutting...