Homicide charges follow sudden illness of six assisted living residents
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John Hall
Mar 18, 2015
A 98-year-old woman’s death in a south suburban Chicago assisted living facility has been ruled a homicide. She and five others were hospitalized in early February after suffering breathing difficulties....
Bill would encourage more veterans’ LTC admissions
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John Hall
Mar 17, 2015
Veterans would gain easier access to nearby long-term care facilities, under legislation introduced Monday in the Senate.
Major Brookdale investor ratchets up fight for change, seats on board
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John Hall
Mar 17, 2015
Sandell Asset Management vowed Monday to take its shakeup demands directly to Brookdale Senior Living shareholders, announcing its nomination of three replacements for Brookdale board members whose posts...
Healthy lifestyle may help delay onset of dementia
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John Hall
Mar 17, 2015
Finnish researchers say they have found conclusive evidence that healthy lifestyles, cardiac monitoring and rudimentary “brain exercises” can arrest cognitive decline in older people.
Congress mulls Medicaid-Medicare pay parity, and end of ‘doc fixes’
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John Hall
Mar 16, 2015
Long-term care providers are closely monitoring two major lawmaking efforts in Washington this week that have both chambers of Congress debating a plan to end annual Medicare cuts and abolish painful “fixes”...
RAC beats CMS on payment lawsuit appeal
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John Hall
Mar 16, 2015
A federal appeals court last week ruled that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services violated federal contracting regulations when it stretched out payment terms for recovery audit contractors.
Short sleep cycles lead to elevated blood pressure, researchers warn
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John Hall
Mar 16, 2015
Mayo Clinic researchers have affirmed that consecutive or prolonged periods of abbreviated sleep can wreak havoc on heart rates and blood pressure, a finding relevant to practically any sleep-challenged...
Therapy payment bills supported during AHCA/NCAL fly-in
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John Hall
Mar 13, 2015
National long-term care industry advocates and numerous facility representatives made the rounds in the halls of Congress on Wednesday in support of legislation designed to permanently end nearly two decades-old...
Nursing home residents are living longer while becoming exposed to a toxic cocktail of indoor pollutant that could make them more susceptible to chronic lung diseases like COPD, European researchers reported...
More than 40% of sepsis re-hospitalizations preventable: JAMA
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John Hall
Mar 13, 2015
As long-term care providers face looming pressures to avoid re-hospitalization under the Affordable Care Act, new research has found that over 40% of all return visits among severe sepsis patients are...