Ohio

Budget proposal offers big money for nursing homes, elder care in Ohio … Louisiana legislators consider weakening brand new nursing home disaster plan rule … Small and rural providers continue to lag...

New Ohio task force holds first nursing home listening session … Guardianship pay, lax oversight under fire as nursing home residents go underserved … Docs join insurers in pushing back against proposed...

An Ohio task force created to determine how to improve nursing homes must look at improving reimbursement rates and ensuring “adequate” funding, said the facility representatives on its board. 

Ohio nursing homes would get a $615 million infusion if the state Senate follows the House’s lead and votes to approve the measure. The House approved the funding by a 63-12 vote Thursday, shortly after...

A man who charged Medicare and Medicaid for X-rays he had not taken of people who had died has been sentenced to 15 years in jail and ordered to pay almost $2 million in restitution.

As many states have moved to tighten regulations in lockstep with the federal focus on nursing home reform, providers are often sitting alongside worker and patient advocates whose voices have more traditionally...

AARP Ohio blasted out a fairly typical press release Tuesday, criticizing nursing homes for being short-staffed and sharing news about an in-room camera law that would allow families to catch bad actors,...

I went to a wedding this month.   Let me rephrase that: I went to a wedding that was a three-day, in-person, 125-attendees, sitting-at-tables-for-eight, extravaganza with family I haven’t seen in...

Long-term care residents in Ohio were among the first in the nation to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. More than 1,500 facilities there are now participating in a state program that seeks to maintain momentum.

An Ohio skilled nursing and assisted living operator with more than 2,000 employees says it is “joining a growing industry trend” and mandating employee COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of employment.