LTC led all of healthcare in deal volume in 2018 … State auditor says managed care companies are keeping too much profit … What seems like a memory issue for seniors may be a hearing problem instead:...
Infographic: 10 highest/lowest average total fines per nursing home
Jan 24, 2019
Nursing home takes lighter approach to address wandering
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 24, 2019
With a high number of dementia patients in its long-term care wing — and problems with them wandering out the front door — a Texas provider decided to try something different.
Venue-shopping law change could lead to ‘skyrocketing’ liability claims, SNF experts warn
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 24, 2019
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is exploring whether to allow plaintiffs’ attorneys to “venue shop” for the court with the highest payout. Such a move has healthcare advocates worried about the possibility...
Former hospital director, physician’s assistant plead guilty in $1 billion Esformes fraud case
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 24, 2019
Two major players in a billion-dollar nursing home-related fraud case have pled guilty and could face years in prison.
Nurse charged with sexual assault of SNF resident in vegetative state who gave birth
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 24, 2019
Phoenix authorities have charged Nathan Sutherland, 36, a licensed practical nurse, with sexual assault and abuse of a vulnerable adult patient at the Hacienda Healthcare facility.
Also in the News for Thursday, Jan. 24
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 24, 2019
20% tax deduction awaits some assisted living operators, but benefits elude the skilled nursing sector … Bill would revise law that allows nursing homes to sue adult children for their parents’ bills...
High Court hears nursing home free-speech case stemming from dispute with Wilkes and McHugh law firm
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 23, 2019
The Georgia Supreme Court was set to hear arguments Tuesday on whether a law firm’s allegedly misleading ads about three nursing homes are protected by freedom of speech provisions.
Latest MedPAC snub ‘absurd’ and ‘ridiculous,’ skilled nursing advocates say
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 23, 2019
The panel of experts that advises Congress on Medicare-related decisions is once recommending that skilled nursing facilities receive a whack to their payments, and provider advocates aren’t happy about...
Healthcare workers would be protected from violating conscience-based principles under new rule
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 23, 2019
The federal government is reportedly in the final throes of finishing a new rule that would punish providers or state agencies that force workers to perform duties violating their personal principles.