Nursing home that took in dozens after local closure now fears for its own health
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 26, 2024
The high cost of caring for skilled nursing patients is squeezing finances at Upstate New York’s Heritage Ministries after it took in a majority of residents from the closing Lutheran Home and Rehabilitation...
With every SNF already under scrutiny, federal task force aims to cut healthcare spending, eliminate...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 30, 2023
A new task force from the US House Budget Committee will look at how to reduce healthcare spending, including ways to modernize healthcare and support access to care.
Almost half of US veterans had long COVID symptoms up to 6 months after infection, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Nov 21, 2023
A new study sheds light on the number of US veterans with long COVID, and details how long they experienced lingering symptoms. There’s not much data on long COVID and veterans, which is why the authors...
Nursing, aging service orgs blast CMS for giving LPNs ‘zero credit’ in proposed staffing rule
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 14, 2023
Several of the nation’s largest aging services and nursing organizations have united to defend Licensed Practical Nurses and criticize a proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services nursing home...
Picketing workers seek receiver for troubled nursing home
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2023
A union representing workers at a nursing home already under investigation for fraud are calling on the state to place the facility in receivership, alleging that the owners are revoking workers’ healthcare...
Whistleblowers get another chance to fine-tune 8-year-old allegations against Genesis
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 19, 2024
More than eight years after first alleging False Claims Act violations against Genesis Healthcare and Sun Healthcare, a group of whistleblowers was given more time to refine its case.
Cognitive decline prevention may start in the gut, study suggests
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 25, 2023
Probiotics could aid in preventing cognitive decline that happens during aging, according to a study released at the American Society for Nutrition conference this week in Boston. The research could make...
Novavax COVID-19 shot gets green light as new variant spreads
By
Kristen Fischer
Nov 29, 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) has given Novavax approval for its updated COVID-19 vaccine. This occurred as the prevalence of a highly mutated COVID variant has tripled in the past two weeks, according...
Opioid use, interpretation allegations snag two nursing home chains
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 27, 2023
Two nursing home chains have resolved allegations that they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by denying admission to prospective residents with Substance Use Disorder, the US Attorney’s Office...
Providers concerned with ‘red herring’ of new nursing home transparency rules
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 09, 2024
The New Jersey Department of Health has used an expedited process to implement new financial transparency rules for nursing homes — notably, requiring that owner-certified financial disclosures be audited...