Regulators to double down on QAPI after government report on adverse events in post-acute care
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 07, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sees the upcoming Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement guidelines, not harsher penalties, as the way to reduce adverse events in post-acute care, officials...
Senate bill would revamp 2-midnight rule for hospital inpatient admissions
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Tim Mullaney
Mar 07, 2014
Providers’ complaints about the so-called “two-midnight rule” for determining hospital inpatient status have led to a new bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate, which would create less rigid...
WV Supreme Court hears ManorCare’s appeal of $90 million verdict
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Tim Mullaney
Mar 07, 2014
The West Virginia Supreme Court will consider the distinction between corporate negligence and medical negligence as it weighs a $90 million verdict against an HCR ManorCare facility, according to reports...
Mother, daughter dead after apparent murder-suicide at San Francisco nursing home
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Tim Mullaney
Mar 06, 2014
A resident and her daughter died of gunshot wounds in an apparent murder-suicide at a skilled nursing facility in San Francisco, according to local authorities.
Supreme Court to decide whether Omnicare made illegal false statements to investors about nursing home...
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 06, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case alleging that the nation’s largest long-term care pharmacy, Omnicare, broke the law by keeping potential investors in the dark about kickbacks to nursing homes,...
Foot ulcer healing rate jumps 50% in first-ever trial to show successful drug treatment of diabetic wounds
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Tim Mullaney
Mar 06, 2014
A new drug nearly doubled the diabetic foot-ulcer healing rate in a recent clinical trial, which researchers are touting as a potential breakthrough in wound care.
White House proposes ‘accelerated’ skilled nursing facility payment cuts
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Tim Mullaney
Mar 05, 2014
The White House’s proposed 2015 budget includes sharp cuts to skilled nursing facility reimbursements, which has drawn strong criticism from the nation’s largest long-term care provider group....
Drug agency officially proposes to restrict access to hydrocodone medications
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Tim Mullaney
Mar 05, 2014
The federal government is on the verge of tightening access to Vicodin and similar types of painkillers by moving the drugs from Schedule III to Schedule II classification. Long-term care providers have...
Nursing home that posted a ‘no colored nurses’ order reaches settlement with NY attorney...
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 05, 2014
A New York nursing home that accommodated a racist resident by barring black workers from certain areas of the facility has entered into a legal settlement, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman...
Staff understanding of MDS Quality Indicators is ‘mediocre at best,’ study finds
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 04, 2014
Frontline staff in long-term care facilities generally do not have a firm grasp on Minimum Data Set Quality Indicators, largely due to a lack of involvement with the MDS, according to a recently published...