International nursing home conference this weekend
Nov 22, 2013
International experts in the field of long-term care will converge in St. Louis today for in-depth discussions and study about taking care of the elderly. Presenters include Florida Atlantic University’s...
Survey: Healthcare ranks high with voters for 2004
By
Haymarket Media
Jan 15, 2004
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has again recommended that skilled nursing facilities receive no inflationary payment adjustment in the coming year. The congressional advisory arm made a similar...
Former HCR ManorCare exec Keith Weikel remembered as long-term care ‘titan’
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2021
Keith Weikel, the former federal Medicaid chief who spent 20-plus years as a top executive for what was once the nation’s largest nursing home chain, is being remembered as one of the industry’s leading...
LA County recommends masks for all when indoors as Delta variant spreads
Jun 29, 2021
First identified in India, the Delta variant is now the third-most common in California
New Trilogy partnership will tackle workforce turnover
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 01, 2020
In an effort to reduce ongoing turnover issues and promote workforce stability, Louisville-based long-term care provider Trilogy Health Services has entered into a partnership that gives its employees...
Long-term care pharmacy association presses Congress for flat-fee prescribing
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 25, 2013
Nearly 500 long-term care pharmacies signed a letter urging Congress to prohibit certain Medicare reimbursement practices, the Senior Care Pharmacy Alliance announced Thursday.
Senate bill would prohibit certain types of payments to long-term care pharmacies
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 13, 2013
Medicare prescription drug plan sponsors (PDPs) would be barred from using certain payment structures to long-term care pharmacies under a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate.
Adults with asthma compliant with COVID-19 mask wearing
Feb 03, 2022
However, planned mask breaks may help with mask-related breathing problems tied to longer mask use
Government shutdown will not cripple long-term care, leaders say
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 01, 2013
Long-term care providers will feel some effects but should not experience serious disruptions due to the shutdown of the federal government, according to prominent trade associations.
Depression may worsen survival in advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Oct 22, 2021
Two-year trajectory of depression symptoms significantly linked to cancer survival; association for anxiety not significant