I couldn’t live without…HydroWorx Underwater treadmill
Sep 01, 2012
Kim Eichinger, the executive director of fitness for Pennsylvania-based Country Meadows Retirement Communities, says the HydroWorx’s treadmills are an effective form of exercise for a broad range...
Xofluza antiviral now approved for flu prevention
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 25, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration has expanded the use of the antiviral drug Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) for use in preventing influenza after exposure to an ill person.
Also in the News for Monday, July 6
Jul 06, 2020
Kindred Healthcare gets court win, can collect Medicare debts … Pay rule could include permanent telehealth provisions … Wrongful death lawsuit filed against nursing home after worker’s COVID-19...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Feb. 22
By
Rachael Zimlich
Feb 22, 2023
Long COVID could lead to brain chemistry changes … COVID vaccination linked to decrease in heart attacks and strokes in people previously infected with the virus … FDA approves first medication designed...
MedPAC votes unanimously for proposed PAC payment overhaul to start in 2021
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Apr 10, 2017
The Medicare Payment Advisory Council voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend an accelerated timeline for implementing a unified, site-neutral payment system for post-acute care providers.
CMS should publicly push Congress to reform therapy payment system, long-term care provider association...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 09, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should openly urge Congress to change the way therapy services are reimbursed, the nation’s largest long-term care provider association stated in recent...
Also in the News for Friday, August 5
Aug 05, 2016
Feds: Nearly one quarter of U.S. seniors has some form of disability … Tension increases between SNF, Sidwell Friends and alumni in wake of sale … Too much, too little sleep may raise stroke...
Gastric reflux meds boost odds of winter stomach distress
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 02, 2019
Older adults who use proton pump inhibitors continuously have heightened odds of contracting an acute form of stomach virus that peaks in winter.
Macular degeneration treatment linked to blindness, FDA advisory says
Sep 06, 2011
Injections of the cancer drug Avastin, which is also a treatment for the wet form of age-related macular degeneration, has been linked to reports of blindness.
Two Alzheimer’s tests hold hope for early diagnosis and risk assessment
Jan 20, 2011
Alzheimer’s researchers are getting closer to marketing tests that can assist in early diagnosis of this deadly form of dementia and assess risk factors for memory loss.