NJ jury awards $13.2 million to family of nursing home rehab patient who died
By
Tim Mullaney
May 19, 2014
A nursing home negligence case in New Jersey ended last week with a $13.2 million award to a former resident’s family, lawyers have announced.
Nursing homes trail hospitals in quality improvement, AHRQ report shows
By
Tim Mullaney
May 19, 2014
About 60% of nursing home quality measures have been showing significant year-to-year improvement, but hospitals have been improving more quickly, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Government proposes long-term care EHR certification criteria, seeks provider comments
By
Tim Mullaney
May 16, 2014
Long-term care providers might soon be able to look for the government’s seal of approval when shopping for electronic health records systems, if newly proposed certification criteria take effect.
Fraudsters admit they bought nursing home drugs as part of $60 million scheme, feds announce
By
Tim Mullaney
May 16, 2014
A husband and wife have pleaded guilty to masterminding a sprawling drug diversion scheme that involved reselling nursing home medications, according to federal and state authorities.
Kindred launches hostile takeover bid for home health company Gentiva, deal valued at $1.6 billion
By
Tim Mullaney
May 16, 2014
Kindred Healthcare has launched a hostile takeover to acquire home health company Gentiva, announcing a $533 million bid Thursday. The total deal would be valued at $1.6 billion, including assumed debt.
Hospitals object to collecting their own data as part of post-acute reform, urge revisions to draft legislation
By
Tim Mullaney
May 15, 2014
Hospitals should not be required to collect patient assessment data as part of an effort to revamp post-acute care, the leader of the American Hospital Association argued in a recent letter to top Congressional...
When assessing nursing home resident preferences, remember that ‘it depends,’ researchers...
By
Tim Mullaney
May 15, 2014
Nursing home residents’ preferences depend on a variety of shifting factors, so caregivers should frequently assess preferences and seek to understand what is behind them, according to recently published...
Misconduct at historic nursing home was not malicious, $6 million verdict should be overturned, lawyer...
By
Tim Mullaney
May 15, 2014
A $5.75 million verdict against the former administrator and board members of a historic nursing home should be thrown out because their misconduct was not malicious, a lawyer argued before a federal appeals...
Nursing homes suffering from reimbursement shifts to home care, market analysis finds
By
Tim Mullaney
May 14, 2014
Reimbursement is shifting to home health, hurting the finances of skilled nursing facilities, a newly released market analysis states.
Federal law does not allow former nursing home resident to sue over involuntary discharge, court rules
By
Tim Mullaney
May 14, 2014
A woman involuntarily discharged from an Illinois nursing home does not have the right to file suit under the federal law regulating Medicaid providers, a federal court ruled Monday.