As expected, critics lit into nursing home owners and their management practices Thursday at a pair of congressional hearings. Providers attempted to blunt the criticism by defending their practices and,...
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May 27, 2021
CEO: Referrals from elective surgeries are rebounding, but skilled nursing referrals still lag … North Carolina transitions nursing home residents from Medicaid managed care to Medicaid Direct … NY...
Medical liability premiums increase by highest rate in 15 years
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 30, 2021
A national analysis finds liability premiums increased for nearly one-third of healthcare providers in 2020.
Altering hip fractures
By
D. Stephen Robins, M.D.
Sep 24, 2014
Why the increasing attention to hip fractures? Is it that they are major traumatic events? Or that they are the most frequent fracture resulting from falls in long-term care settings? Or that around 350,000...
Blame some of the latest nursing home hoopla on Abraham Lincoln
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 08, 2022
A hefty product from an all-star team of researchers is at once the biggest headache or, as we shall see, the best gift a nursing home stakeholder could ask for. All thanks to … Abraham Lincoln?
For-profit furor could trigger more financial reporting for nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 13, 2021
More than 1,200 nursing homes could find themselves facing stringent financial reporting requirements if a national movement to increase transparency in the industry takes root in California.
More RNs, smaller facilities called keys to improving nursing homes: report
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 14, 2021
Nursing homes should be mandated to employ more registered nurses and create smaller living communities, say seniors advocates investigating ways to improve the industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
TWO DAYS TO GO: House passes healthcare reform as McKnight’s gears up for fourth annual online...
Mar 22, 2010
The House in a late-night voting session Sunday approved a historic healthcare reform bill that has been the subject of extreme tension and partisan rancor over the last year.
Sure you want to go there? Litigation more perilous in some areas than others
By
John O'Connor
Oct 17, 2016
We might soon start to see the emergence of a divestiture trend based less on undesirable holdings and more on undesirable locales. The obvious choices will be cities and states with a plaintiff-friendly...
Long-Term Care Commission members shed light on financing deliberations, urge continued political pressure
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 11, 2014
Long-term services and supports should be a major focus of next year’s White House Conference on Aging, and advocates should work to keep financing reform in the spotlight during the upcoming mid-term...