National Health Investors will fund a $10.8 million construction loan for a 66-bed assisted living and memory care community in Oshkosh, WI, the firm said.
Schuna named co-chairman
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Elizabeth Newman
Jun 18, 2019
Peter B. Schuna, the president and CEO of Pathway Health, was appointed by Commissioner Jan K. Malcolm, Minnesota Department of Health, to serve as Co-Chair of the Minnesota e-Health Advisory Committee...
‘Catastrophic’ events bring doubts about ACOs, funding
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Elizabeth Newman
Jun 16, 2019
Medicare beneficiaries who stayed continuously enrolled in the same accountable care organization over a four-year period had 10% lower healthcare costs, a new report finds. But when beneficiaries had...
Also in the News for Monday, June 17
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 16, 2019
Sicker Medicaid population to blame for losses, ProMedica says … Move-in an important time for residents, suicide study suggests … Nursing home threatened with closure due to ‘appalling’ water...
Trump offers to help VA with depression drug access
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Elizabeth Newman
Jun 13, 2019
President Donald Trump said this week he could intervene on behalf of the Department of Veterans Affairs with Johnson & Johnson over access to its new medication to treat depression.
CNA sentenced for giving residents her own anti-anxiety medication
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Elizabeth Newman
Jun 13, 2019
A certified nurse’s aide who gave residents her own Klonopin will perform community service and serve probation.
Also in the News for Friday, June 14
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Elizabeth Newman
Jun 13, 2019
Resident’s family sues over 2014 cigarette fire death … Maine legalizes medically assisted suicide … NY legislator introduces bill to monitor Special Focus Facility contenders
Nursing home occupancy had its first year-over-year increase since January 2015, hitting 83.7% in the first quarter of 2019, the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care announced Wednesday.
Four SNFs, physical therapy center to pay $9.7 million in ‘upcoding’ case
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Elizabeth Newman
Jun 12, 2019
Four skilled nursing facilities and a physical therapy center in the Chicago area have agreed to pay $9.7 million to resolve upcoding claims.
Nursing homes often fail to report abuse, OIG report asserts
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Elizabeth Newman
Jun 12, 2019
Abuse or neglect, including among skilled nursing facility beneficiaries, resulted in around 1 in 5 high-risk hospital emergency room Medicare claims in 2016, a new government report finds.