MedPAC’s rate cut plan will harm care, operators: NASL
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 01, 2013
Resident care would suffer if Congress acts on the latest recommendations from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, long-term care advocates say.
Judge questions legality of nursing home management companies, but dismisses complaint against one
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 07, 2013
Nursing home management agreements may run afoul of federal law, but it’s hard to argue that having a third-party manager hurts resident care. That was the message from Judge Jon S. Tigar, who recently...
McKnight’s second Tech Awards program is here
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2013
I’m not going to worry too much about the Second Annual McKnight’s Technology Awards program, which kicks off this month. The first one last year was a smashing success. I have no reason to...
Why do we do some of this ‘stuff’?
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Feb 15, 2012
We do a lot of “stuff” in nursing that makes no sense (both in acute care and long-term care — I’m not singling us out here). We do a lot of things that waste precious time and are...
CMS issues warning about Clarcon hand sanitizer products
Jun 22, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is warning healthcare workers to avoid using skin-sanitizing products manufactured by Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory.
CMS nursing home guidance focuses on resident quality of life, environment and choice
Jun 22, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday issued new guidance for nursing home surveyors emphasizing the importance of resident quality of life and homelike environments.
Promising discovery could help prevent age-related macular degeneration
Jun 16, 2009
Researchers at the University of Kentucky have announced a major breakthrough in the prevention and early detection of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The condition affects between...
Number of nursing home beds, residents decreasing, report finds
Jun 11, 2009
The number of both nursing home beds and nursing home residents in the United States declined between 1999 and 2004, according to the recently released results of the National Nursing Home Survey: 2004...
MRSA thriving among one-quarter of nursing home residents, study results show
Jun 08, 2009
Nearly one in every four nursing home residents has been colonized by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a recently published report from Queen’s University Belfast.
New report details devastating toll of chronic conditions on economy, healthcare system
May 19, 2009
The U.S. spent $1.7 trillion treating patients with chronic conditions in 2007—the equivalent of 34 million annual salaries of $50,000, according to the second annual Almanac of Chronic Disease, which...