Lack of SNF beds leads to hospital lawsuit against patients refusing discharge
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 21, 2023
A Catholic hospital system is suing patients who refused to leave its hospitals while awaiting post-acute placements, saying their refusal to be discharged amounted to trespassing.
State lawmakers embrace small-house nursing homes, tackle prior authorization in ‘transformative’...
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 21, 2023
A House bill, which passed 158-0 last week, prods the development of more “small house” nursing homes, promises better infection control responses and launches a pre-authorization pilot designed to...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Nov. 21
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 21, 2023
CDC updates testing, management guidance amid co-circulating flu, COVID … Pennsylvania long-term care legislative package includes high school credit for congregate care work … NJ nurses seek union...
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Nov 20, 2023
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Nov 20, 2023
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‘What we’re doing doesn’t work’: New Jewish Home’s Jeffrey Farber
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 20, 2023
Even as his organization has become a hub for a swath of aging services, The New Jewish Home CEO Jeffrey Farber, MD, says certain elements of senior care need to be singled out to allow for more innovative...
Strikes expanding to new frontlines as stress grows among unexpected healthcare workers
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 20, 2023
Strikes like the massive one threatened by Kaiser Permanente’s California blue collar workers last month could be a sign of what’s to come for the broader healthcare sector.
Geriatric prisoner demand leads iCare to new business, expanded mission
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 17, 2023
A decade after it launched its first program for patients who had been released from the criminal justice system, iCare Health Network has become an in-demand resource on providing care for such complex...
Criminal trial starts for PA nursing home owner, staff accused of falsifying staffing records
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 17, 2023
A co-owner of two Western Pennsylvania nursing homes and several of his former building leaders are on trial this week, defending themselves against extensive federal charges related to Medicaid and Medicare...
AI-shortened nursing home stays drive potential class action suit against insurer
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 16, 2023
The nation’s largest insurer is illegally using programs driven by artificial intelligence to override the decisions of medical professionals and wrongfully force seniors from nursing homes, a potential...