Long-term care leaders watchful after Supreme Court limits the Affordable Care Act contraception rule
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 01, 2014
Two hotly anticipated Supreme Court rulings handed down Monday elicited measured responses from prominent long-term care stakeholders. In one case, Hobby Lobby succeeded in its battle against the Affordable...
House and Senate take on bills that would standardize post-acute care data collection
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 30, 2014
Both houses of Congress now officially are considering bills to standardize assessments across various post-acute care provider types. The House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees introduced...
Hidden cameras result in criminal charges against Ohio nursing home owner, including substandard care...
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 30, 2014
Hidden cameras placed inside an Ohio nursing home have led to 39 criminal charges, state officials have announced.
Man charged with conspiracy in photographing of Senator’s wife in nursing home found dead
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 30, 2014
The Mississippi attorney charged with helping a political blogger gain access to the nursing home room of a U.S. Senator’s wife was found dead of a gunshot wound Friday.
AHA pushes for payment policies to benefit hospital-based skilled nursing facilities
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 27, 2014
The government should adjust Medicare payment policies to better support the type of care provided in hospital-based skilled nursing facilities, the American Hospital Association urged in a recent letter...
HIPAA policies, transitions to higher care levels can cause nursing home and assisted living residents...
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 27, 2014
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities should evaluate certain processes and organizational features that commonly lead residents to feel stigmatized, according to recently published research findings.
Nursing home worker fired for Facebook post loses Idaho Supreme Court case
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 26, 2014
A former nursing home worker fired for a Facebook status update has not succeeded in an appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court. The language of the skilled nursing facility’s social media policy was an...
Omnicare reaches $124 million settlement in nursing home kickbacks case
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 26, 2014
The nation’s largest long-term care pharmacy has agreed to a $124 million settlement over claims of kickbacks to nursing homes in the form of price breaks on certain drugs, the U.S. Department of...
New Senate bill pushes for more funding away from nursing homes
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 25, 2014
More Medicaid funds would flow toward home- and community-based services rather than nursing homes under legislation introduced Tuesday by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA).
It’s time to stop long-term care state rankings
By
Tim Mullaney
Jun 24, 2014
Minnesota routinely is named best state for long-term care, as it was last week in AARP’s 2014 scorecard. AARP held a panel discussion to unveil the rankings, and of course an official from Minnesota...