FEMA tells assisted living residents to pay back Hurricane Sandy aid
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 11, 2014
Residents of a New York City assisted living center recently received letters from the Federal Emergency Management Agency demanding they repay thousands of dollars in Hurricane Sandy aid.
MI nursing home fined $100,000 for failure to perform CPR on resident calling for help
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 11, 2014
A Michigan nursing home has been fined more than $100,000 for failing to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a resident, local news sources reported Monday.
Were we sold snake oil at LeadingAge?
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 11, 2014
Did a crackpot give the keynote speech at last month’s LeadingAge conference?
MedPAC considers eliminating observation stays
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 10, 2014
Observation status is not working as a way of classifying hospital patients and should be eliminated, members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission proposed at a Nov. 6 meeting. The increasing prevalence...
Half of nursing home workers say problems unfairly blamed on staff, survey shows
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 10, 2014
Many nursing homes need to treat staff more fairly so that workers feel safe to report mistakes, according to the results of a large survey from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Extendicare to sell US businesses for $870 million
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 10, 2014
Extendicare will sell nearly all of its U.S. operations to an investor group in an $870 million deal, the Canada-based long-term care company announced Friday.
Resident on resident mistreatment is an urgent problem, researchers say
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 07, 2014
About 20% of nursing home residents experience mistreatment from a fellow resident in a given month, according to findings announced Thursday by Weill Cornell Medical College and Cornell University.
Skilled nursing dealmaking continues to be strong, average price per unit hits $78,000
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 07, 2014
The trend of strong merger and acquisition activity in the senior housing market has not abated, with the average price per skilled nursing unit up 7% from a year ago. This is according to the latest quarterly...
Daybreak Venture to pay $360,000 settlement over employment of excluded workers
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 07, 2014
Skilled nursing operator Daybreak Venture has agreed to pay more than $357,000 to settle charges that it employed workers excluded from federal health programs, authorities recently announced.
Republicans gain Senate control; McConnell puts ACA provisions in crosshairs
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 06, 2014
Congress will try to dismantle some parts of the Affordable Care Act now that the Republican Party has the majority of seats in both chambers, prospective Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)...