Over the last year or so, activities director Randie Duretz has formed a fast friendship with Connie Stine, 69, and her animals.
Big state budget changes alter nursing homes’ outlook
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 12, 2018
In Missouri, the difference between the coming fiscal year and this time last year couldn’t be more stark.
Dressed for Success: Wound care dressing options have exploded, but deciding which material is best for...
By
John Hall
Jun 08, 2018
A few years back, Mary Madison’s husband developed a pressure injury caused by sitting for long periods behind the wheel of a city bus. Her many years as a long-term care director of nursing and...
David Grabowski: Getting Geeky with LTC
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 08, 2018
David Grabowski Professor in Health Care Policy Harvard Medical School David Grabowski freely admits that he’s a “long-term care geek.” The professor of healthcare policy at Harvard Medical...
Judge: Deaf resident can sue operator
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 08, 2018
A former nursing home resident who is deaf can pursue a discrimination case against the facility where she lived for more than two years because staff ignored her repeated requests for a sign language...
State News for June 2018
Jun 08, 2018
CALIFORNIA Judge invalidates Golden State’s aid-in-dying law A judge overturned California’s two-year-old aid-in-dying law in mid-May, and gave the state’s attorney general just five...
$5K fine for opioid refusal
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 08, 2018
A skilled nursing facility that denied admission to a patient receiving treatment for opioid dependency has settled federal discrimination charges. Charlwell Operating LLC, owner of the 124-bed Charlwell...
Medicare expands pre-approval program for power wheelchairs
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2018
A Medicare demonstration that requires healthcare providers to request pre-approval before prescribing medical devices such as powered wheelchairs will get new life this fall.
CMS unveils new settlement option for clearing Medicare appeals
By
Marty Stempniak
May 29, 2018
Starting next month, providers will have a quicker option for resolving Medicare appeals disputes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will begin offering streamlined settlements based on preliminary...
Powerful House subcommittee opens arms to nursing home providers’ suggestions for cutting ‘administrative...
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2018
Long-term care professionals took full advantage of an invitation to tell House leaders Tuesday how they could cut Medicare red tape and improve resident care.