A nursing assistant at an Illinois skilled nursing facility allegedly misread a medical chart and therefore declined to resuscitate a 52-year-old resident prior to her death last year, according to a lawsuit...
SC admits paying providers for putting up with Medicaid application backlog
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Mar 02, 2017
The South Carolina health department acknowledged to McKnight’s on Tuesday that it was compensating nursing homes for excessive delays by the state in processing Medicaid applications.
The big picture: Committee hardly super
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John O'Connor
Dec 01, 2011
Members of Congress used to have a foolproof way of dealing with controversial problems: They’d appoint a commission to look into them.
Aging experts in Dallas, Washington broadcast the same message: Chronic disease is not inevitable with...
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 30, 2013
There was synergy between Dallas and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Prominent speakers at the LeadingAge conference in Dallas addressed what it means to age well and how people’s understanding of...
Study challenges basic assumptions about C. diff transmission
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 27, 2013
A new study contradicts widely held assumptions about how Clostridium difficile infection occurs, which may lead long-term care providers to step up control measures.
New York’s largest for-profit SNF operator kept nurses in ‘indentured servitude,’ lawsuit...
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Mar 14, 2017
New York’s largest for-profit nursing home group allegedly kept more than 350 Filipino nurses in “indentured servitude” and sued those who tried to quit, according to a class action complaint...
Provider organization won’t seek waiver to rule on employee insurance
Jun 21, 2011
A leading long-term care provider organization said it would not seek a waiver for its members on mandated employee health insurance under a provision of the Affordable Care Act.
Provider wins False Claims decision, now must face claims that it retaliated against whistleblower
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 04, 2019
A Tennessee provider must still face claims that it retaliating against a whistleblower, despite a judge tossing those original claims.
Ask the treatment expert … about choosing a wound dressing
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Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Jul 01, 2014
With so many wound care dressings and treatments available, how can you make the right decision?
Provider settles dispute over unrequested room upgrades in new building
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Marty Stempniak
Nov 06, 2018
A dispute between a Kentucky nursing home operator and a handful of Medicaid residents over an extra charge for a larger room has been settled out of court, with the provider backing away from its attempts...