The government should collect and release more claims information from managed care plans, the nation’s largest long-term care provider association stated in a recent letter to Senate leaders.
Regular chats avoid lawsuits
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 01, 2014
To prevent lawsuits, long-term care leaders need to routinely communicate with difficult family members, a defense attorney told a McKnight’s Fall Online Expo webcast audience last month.
Post-acute partnerships now have become a widespread strategy to reduce hospital readmissions, survey...
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 03, 2014
Hospital partnerships with post-acute providers can be considered a “key strategy” in reducing readmissions, according to market data gathered by executive advisory service Healthcare Intelligence...
Therapeutic program reverses Alzheimer’s memory loss, UCLA researcher says
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 02, 2014
An intensive therapy regimen involving medication, diet and behavioral changes successfully reversed Alzheimer’s-related memory loss in a first-of-its-kind trial, according to findings out of the...
Employee cleared of sexual assault charges wins $1 million defamation suit against assisted living company
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 02, 2014
A former assisted living worker in South Carolina has received a $1 million award after being falsely accused of trying to sexually assault a resident, according to local news sources.
ACO bill in House would waive 3-midnight requirement for skilled nursing care
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 01, 2014
Certain Accountable Care Organizations would be able to send Medicare beneficiaries to a skilled nursing facility without a prior hospital stay under a bipartisan bill recently introduced in the House...
A law setting mandatory nurse-to-patient staffing ratios has reduced the number of workplace injuries for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses in California, according to recently published...
Should we all want to die at 75?
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 30, 2014
Nursing homes would be put out of business if scientists discover how to stop the aging process, McKnight’s Editorial Director John O’Connor wrote in his blog yesterday. But the reverse is...
RACs collected nearly $2 million from skilled nursing facilities last year, report shows
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 30, 2014
Recovery Audit Contractors recovered $1.8 million in Medicare overpayments made to skilled nursing facilities in fiscal year 2013, according to a Congressional report released Monday.
OK nursing home worker threatened to behead colleague in a terrorist act, authorities say
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 30, 2014
Police in Oklahoma City have arrested a nursing home worker who allegedly threatened to behead another staff member out of solidarity with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, according to news sources.