OIG urges CMS to evaluate home health use of telehealth
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 21, 2022
The Office of Inspector General has urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to evaluate how the use of telehealth affected the quality of home healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meet Mitze Amoroso, Hall of Honor Honoree
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jul 08, 2022
When it comes to technology in the senior living and care industry, Mitze Amoroso does it all.
LeadingAge’s president and CEO has asked Congress to ensure access to COVID-19 tests, vaccines and treatments in letters supporting the White House’s request for COVID-19 supplemental funds.
Geriatrician survey: Swift telehealth adoption was ‘instrumental’ to pandemic patient care
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2022
Responses by Genesis HealthCare physicians offer insight into the dramatic shift in care delivery that took place as COVID-19 raged in 2020.
$800M to improve staffing, infection control under latest draft of Build Back Better
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
Nearly $1 billion in grant funding aimed at helping long-term care providers improve wages and benefits, as well as infection control efforts, is on the table in the Senate’s latest version of the Build...
Slow down: Rushed care elicits behavioral responses from residents with dementia
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 30, 2021
Strategic workplace management may help to prevent instances of rushed care that can lead to resident behaviors such as hitting and yelling, a new study of nursing home caregivers suggests.
Meet Denise Chadwick-Wright, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 08, 2021
Denise Chadwick-Wright joined Birmingham Green in Manassas, VA as CEO in 2017 after developing a track record of steady excellence in her previous roles in 29 years in the industry.
Some home care services may foster frailty, whereas PT prevents decline, data show
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 17, 2021
Frail elders who enrolled in a state Medicaid HCBS and used home nurse services were more likely to experience functional decline than those who did not. Their peers who received physical therapy were...
Technology boosts rehab participation, outcomes among residents with dementia
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 29, 2020
Post-acute therapy using an interactive touchscreen system engaged residents with dementia and improved outcomes in a new study.
Providers holding breath for Senate ‘doc fix’ vote
By
John Hall
Mar 27, 2015
As expected, the House of Representatives on Thursday repealed the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), earning loud praise from the American Health Care Association.