Native American nursing care group self-finances expansion
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 02, 2013
In a first for Native Nations in Arizona, the Tohono O’odham Nursing Care Authority (TONCA) has expanded the campus of an existing eldercare facility by opening a $1.2 million assisted living facility...
Antipsychotics used too often, study says
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 01, 2013
More than one-fifth of U.S. nursing home residents took an antipsychotic drug as of 2010, according to research recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The drugs often were...
Coordinating acute, long-term care for mentally ill promises Medicare cost savings and better outcomes,...
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 04, 2013
Better coordination of acute, post-acute and long-term care for seniors with severe mental illness (SMI) could result in significant Medicare savings and better health outcomes, according to Avalere Health...
Data sharing a major benefit of bundled payment groups, Medicare administrator says
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 04, 2013
Increased coordination among acute and post-acute providers has reduced rehospitalization rates, signaling that healthcare reform is working, a senior Medicare official told the Senate Finance Committee...
Diabetics on Januvia, Byetta at risk for dangerous pancreatic inflammation, researchers find
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 04, 2013
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers looked at 1,269 people who took at least one prescription diabetes drug between 2005-2008, comparing them to a control group of 1,269 diabetics who...
Report on Medicare payments for poor care paints skewed picture, nursing home advocates say
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 01, 2013
Skilled nursing facilities collected Medicare payments of $5.1 million in 2009 for care that did not satisfy government quality measures, according to a report released Thursday. Prominent nursing home...
Hospitals are releasing too soon, but nursing homes can seize opportunities to reduce readmissions, INTERACT...
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 01, 2013
Nursing homes need to build relationships with their local hospitals to reduce unnecessary readmissions, cut costs and provide better care, a geriatric expert said Thursday.
Dementia researchers identify therapies to improve eating habits, reduce depression
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 01, 2013
A particular type of memory training combined with a Montessori-based approach to daily living can decrease depression in dementia patients by improving their eating habits, according to a recent study.
Sequester would cost SNFs more than $782 million, hit Florida especially hard, report asserts
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 28, 2013
Skilled nursing facilities in highly populated states on the East Coast and in the Midwest would be hit hardest by Medicare cuts if sequestration takes effect, according to figures released by the Alliance...
Nursing home operator petitions Supreme Court to rule on arbitration in wrongful death cases
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 28, 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court may again weigh in on arbitration agreements in nursing homes. Nursing home company SSC Odin Operating Co. recently filed a writ of certiorari asking the nation’s highest court...