Employees hid residents’ drugs, stole them from nursing home
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2018
Police in Oklahoma said they busted two nursing home employees for prescription drug theft after stopping one of them in connection with an undercover gun buy and finding pilfered pill bottles in the car...
Oklahoma budget shortfall could send 10,000 home care patients into nursing homes
By
Oct 26, 2017
Budget cuts in Oklahoma may kill a program aimed at keeping seniors in their homes, resulting in up to 10,000 home care patients needing to move into nursing homes, according to local reports.
Floods force evacuations in NE, OK facilities
By
John Hall
May 12, 2015
Several long-term care facilities across Oklahoma and Nebraska were damaged by flash floods after severe weather and high winds tore through the nation’s midsection last weekend, forcing resident...
Berkadia announces $156 million in financing
Jul 15, 2014
Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC recently worked with Capital Senior Living Corporation in arranging $156.6 million to finance 15 seniors housing properties located in seven states.
Inmates cause ‘jeopardy’ tag
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2013
An Oklahoma provider is appealing after it was slapped with Immediate Jeopardy citations and $168,000 in fines for housing inmates injured in a prison riot.
Decreasing LTC and acute care transfers by recognizing early warning signs
By
Brian Yeaman, M.D.
Feb 04, 2013
As the principal investigator of a three-year Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Challenge Grant, Yeaman Consulting is focusing on improving transitions of care between hospitals and long-term care...
What genius thought nursing homes and prisoners were a good mix?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 07, 2013
It’s hardly a secret that many nursing home employees were once convicted of crimes. But facilities generally don’t accept inmates still serving time, with perhaps one notable exception
SNF that kept prison inmates constituted ‘immediate jeopardy’ for residents, state says
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 02, 2013
An Oklahoma nursing home was slapped with $168,000 in fines after taking in jailed inmates following a prison riot.
Nursing home executives settle allegations of mortgage-refinancing scheme
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 27, 2012
Three men recently agreed to pay over $5.3 million to settle charges that they issued false statements to secure mortgage financing for three Oklahoma nursing homes.
U.S. district court invalidates federal calculation for hospice care reimbursement
Jun 15, 2010
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma recently ruled that a federal regulation capping Medicare payments for hospice care providers is invalid. That echoes a Texas district court...