Ambulance company reaches $8 million settlement to resolve charges over improper skilled nursing facility...
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 06, 2013
The nation’s second-largest ambulance services company has reached a settlement agreement over whistleblower charges of improper business dealings with skilled nursing facilities, Rural/Metro Corporation...
Young people becoming more realistic about future long-term care needs, survey finds
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 06, 2013
Younger people are more informed about long-term care financing and are more likely to be saving for their future needs than older Americans, according to a recent national survey.
Residents’ artwork goes viral
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 01, 2013
Smile. That’s the title of Mae Cleveland’s colorful painting that won Best Overall Artwork in Signature HealthCARE’s recent “Reflect N Us” competition.
McKnight’s Roundtable: Changes ahead
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 01, 2013
Top long-term care officers tackled some of the field’s main challenges, exchanged perspectives on new opportunities and shared ideas on what the future might hold.
Judge calls CMS cuts ‘arbitrary, capricious’
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 01, 2013
A group of nursing home operators recently won a moral victory over the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services when a federal appeals court ruled the agency made Medicaid reimbursement cuts without considering...
Resident’s gruesome death warrants steep fines: court
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 01, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was justified in fining a Kentucky skilled nursing facility $4,050 a day for three months following a resident’s death, a U.S. Appeals Court recently...
Advisors draft new Blueprint
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 01, 2013
High-profile long-term care veterans have teamed up to create a new senior housing investment advisory group based in Chicago.
Five Star makes changes to rely less on public funding
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 01, 2013
Five Star Quality Care recently transferred operations of two rehabilitation hospitals in Massachusetts to Reliant Hospital Partners, marking the latest move in the company’s dramatic shift toward...
Financing reform rift in LTC commission
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 01, 2013
The Commission on Long-Term Care has released its full report to Congress, but some commissioners broke ranks, saying the bipartisan panel did not fulfill its mandate to offer recommendations for comprehensive...
Personality is tied to LTC use
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 01, 2013
Seniors who are neurotic are more likely to receive care in a nursing home, according to research in The Milbank Quarterly.