The Ensign Group announced a settlement with the Department of Justice on Monday in which it will pay $48 million. The case has been pending since 2006, when the company was accused of overbilling.
Tavenner unloads more answers on Medicaid expansion, IPAB
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 22, 2013
Marilyn Tavenner, the interim administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services who is vying to remove the “interim” label, met lawmaker questions head-on following her April 9...
Midwest storms force nursing home evacuations
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 22, 2013
As major storm systems swept across Illinois and Michigan late last week, at least two nursing homes staged evacuations amid major flooding, reinforcing the need once again for all long-term care facilities...
Medicare reform proposed in new report
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 22, 2013
Medicare beneficiaries should be allowed to enroll in a network that would “incentivize higher quality” and more cost-effective and coordinated care, according to a new report whose authors...
New option for COPD patients possible
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 19, 2013
A new treatment may be available for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, following a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel making a positive recommendation.
Nursing home residents evacuated after Texas explosion
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 19, 2013
More than 100 residents were safely evacuated after their nursing home in West, TX, was heavily damaged by a fertilizer facility explosion Wednesday night.
What the family wants
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 18, 2013
When it comes to talk about palliative care and rehospitalizations, what should a provider do when the family is insistent on sending their loved one back to the hospital?
Advancing Excellence searching for another new leader
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 17, 2013
A high-profile long-term care quality group has begun search plans for another new executive director, just six months after filling the position previously.
Reducing the number of residents with dementia who are on antipsychotics starts with reassessment, experts advised at this week’s American College of Health Care Administrators convocation In Orlando....
Long-term care nurses gain power through physician assessment tool: expert
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 16, 2013
Long-term care nurses should embrace a physician assessment tool in INTERACT II as a way to reduce hospital readmissions, a compliance expert emphasizes.