Family of man allegedly killed by insulin-injecting nurse sues nursing home
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 29, 2023
The family of a man allegedly killed by a woman working as a nurse in a western Pennsylvania nursing home has sued the facility for failing to prevent his death.
Nursing home COVID cases climb; lack of new federal masking rules irks consumer groups
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 29, 2023
With no new masking guidance from federal health officials as COVID cases climb, nursing homes are carefully navigating when to require masking and other infection prevention steps to head off outbreaks.
Federal funds, opioid settlement money will repay students loans for LTC staff
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 29, 2023
Massachusetts will use a combination of funding from the federal government and opioid lawsuit settlements to help repay more than $140 million of student loan debt for healthcare workers. Some of that...
Researchers identify lifestyle factors that predict nursing home needs later in life
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 28, 2023
The kind of lifestyle habits that predispose seniors to chronic illnesses such as diabetes and dementia, are also likely to land them in nursing homes as they age, a new study finds.
ProMedica, once one of nation’s largest skilled nursing chains, down to two SNFs
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 23, 2023
ProMedica has continued to offload nearly all of its nursing homes while also securing an extension on a loan payoff on $453 million in privately held debt.
Skilled nursing sector’s growing (or shrinking) problems get new attention
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 23, 2023
For the second day in a row, a major US newspaper Tuesday highlighted problems in the long-term care sector.
CMS 5-claim audits so far a ‘debacle’
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 22, 2023
A new federal review process designed to lower the rate of improper government payments is sending provider staffs scurrying to justify their coding.
Bad federal and state responses paved way for nursing homes’ sad pandemic outcomes, Harvard researcher...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 22, 2023
The national response to the pandemic failed to protect residents — and their caregivers — emphasized a prominent healthcare policy researcher Monday.
Here’s how two small nursing homes landed a $3.5 million staffing grant
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 22, 2023
Two unaffiliated Michigan nursing homes partnered on a state grant application that has netted them $3.5 million to help address staffing needs.
Telehealth use dropped to new baseline, but LTC specialist needs could drive demand
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 21, 2023
Telemedicine visits in long-term care facilities soared by 266% in May 2020, but the use of such technology dropped to a new baseline level by late 2022.