Rural towns ravaged by healthcare and job losses with latest nursing home closures
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 07, 2019
When Minnesota’s Twin Valley Living Center closed late last year, it took with it dozens of beds intended for the town’s frail and elderly. But, as with hundreds of other skilled care communities around...
Nursing homes happy to be left out of CON repeal
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 07, 2019
Florida last week repealed the Certificate of Need process once required to build new hospitals or add medical services, but officials left in place pre-approval rules for nursing homes and other facilities....
Medicaid’s shifting of residents from nursing facilities to home settings shown to be overrated
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 02, 2019
Elderly, dual-eligible Medicaid beneficiaries in long-term care settings aren’t more likely to be hospitalized than those receiving community-based care, even though long-term care residents tend to...
Rough journey and smooth brushstroke inspire nursing home portrait sessions
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 02, 2019
During her junior year of high school, America Ordonez stepped into Oak Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for the first time, armed with a camera, a sketch pad and a box full of paints. Almost a year...
‘Staggering’ 75% of nursing homes almost never meet expected RN staffing levels, study finds
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2019
Three-fourths of the nation’s nursing homes never meet federal staffing expectations for registered nurse staffing, and RNs are often missing from such facilities on the weekends, according to a new...
State doubles support for Medicaid-dependent nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2019
After struggling with shortfalls for years, Pennsylvania’s nursing home operators are cheering a state budget that will double funds available to facilities with the highest Medicaid census. The spending...
Encompass disputes allegations of rehab for patients who were ‘too sick,’ pays $48M in ‘whistleblower’...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 30, 2019
Inpatient rehab operator Encompass Health Corporation allegedly admitted patients who were ineligible because they were too sick or disabled to participate in intensive therapy, according to a settlement...
Warrant-free inspections ahead: Improper dispensing, record keeping lead LTC pharmacy to federal settlement
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 27, 2019
A long-term care pharmacy has agreed to pay $75,000 to resolve allegations that it improperly dispensed a controlled substance and failed to keep accurate records. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced...
Nicole Blanchard
Jun 27, 2019
Nicole Blanchard is a 2022 editorial intern for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News.
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 27, 2019
C. Max Bachmann is a 2022 editorial intern for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News.