Skilled nursing provider wins bid to keep class action suit alleging poor care in federal court
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 31, 2019
A skilled nursing provider is happy after a court of appeals denied a bid to move a class-action suit against the operator from federal court.
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, October 31
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 30, 2019
Alzheimer’s subtypes could affect future treatments: Mayo Clinic … Number of Americans with dementia to double in 20 years … European in-home project will test robots for the elderly … Can...
Former ambulance provider pleads guilty to $6M Medicare fraud scheme
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 28, 2019
The former owner of ambulance company and an employee face up to 10 years in prison and possibly $500,000 in total fines after pleading guilty to a $6.1 million Medicare scheme.
Bracelet may help predict dementia-related agitation
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 26, 2019
A location-monitoring bracelet developer has received an NIH grant to study whether its device can detect agitation in seniors with dementia.
‘The most powerful leader of the free world has Alzheimer’s disease’
By
Steven Littlehale
Oct 23, 2019
I fervently believe that we both under-document and poorly assess cognition in our population.
Innovaccer launches Medical Homes solution
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 23, 2019
Data-activation company Innovaccer Inc. has launched a Patient-Centered Medical Homes solution aimed at managing end-to-end needs of organizations from advancing primary care initiatives to establish a...
Windsor Run breaks ground on LTC building
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 23, 2019
Windsor Run, an Erikson Living retirement community in Matthews, NC, broke ground on its new continuing care neighborhood Oct. 11. The first phase of the building, called Piedmont Overlook, will offer...
National Senior Campuses names Beardsley first CEO
Oct 23, 2019
Bruce J. Beardsley has been named the first CEO of National Senior Campuses, the largest not-for-profit multi-site senior living organization in the country, according to the 2019 LeadingAge Ziegler 200...
Profile: Easy rider, tuned provider
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 18, 2019
Gary Kelso, CEO, Mission Health Services and Community Nursing Services
Providers grapple with ever-complex, sometimes confusing, medication regulations
By
John Hall
Oct 18, 2019
Viewed individually, each medication rule, regulation, standard and guideline has its fair share of advocates and critics. It’s the sum of their parts, however, that often keeps compliance officers up...