Senate committee passes nursing home arbitration bill
Sep 15, 2008
The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008, a bill that would eliminate arbitration agreements as a requirement for admission into a nursing home, is one step closer to becoming a law.
Supreme Court declines to hear Kindred arbitration case for the second time
By
Marty Stempniak
Oct 11, 2018
A dispute between over a Kindred arbitration case has likely come to the end of the road, with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to review the case for a second round.
Investigation launched after nursing home resident found dead in trash bin
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Jan 25, 2016
Authorities are investigating the death of a Michigan nursing home resident found dead in a garbage bin behind the facility last week.
Taking the full measure
Sep 16, 2008
It’s no secret that the credit and housing markets have been in a funk lately. Just this week, massive investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. That was right before Bank of America...
CDC recommends antiviral drugs as alternative to flu vaccines
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Haymarket Media
Oct 22, 2004
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has approved three antiviral drugs as a means of “preventing” the flu. Although not to be taken as substitutes for the flu vaccine during...
A ‘special’ feeling that no provider wants to have
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2014
As spring blends into summer, some nursing home operators are going to start feeling more heat. The federal government is moving to reclaim some form of “normalcy” after sequestration cuts...
House, Senate members urge CMS against cuts to Medicare Advantage
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Feb 19, 2016
More than half the members of both the House and Senate joined together this week to ask the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to cut payments to Medicare Advantage.
AliMed offers three new fall management products
Jul 29, 2014
AliMed is now offering the AliMed CordLess® Sensor Alarm and the AliMed Worry-Free Fall Alarm to help reduce the risk of accidental falls, and the HipShield® X-tra to help prevent fractures, the company...
AHCA, Alliance merge to augment Hill clout
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2013
The nation’s largest nursing home association has re-absorbed an aggressive sub-group of large nursing home operators to create an even stronger lobbying organization for long-term care providers.
Stern, president of SEIU, to resign
Apr 14, 2010
Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, which represents more than 150,000 nursing home workers, will resign from his post “very soon,” according to sources inside...