Botched scabies care at Arkansas nursing home led to community outbreak
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 23, 2018
An Arkansas facility is facing more than $150,000 in fines and a possible shutdown after a scabies outbreak affected every resident, according to government regulators.
Look for business guidance in claims data, expert says
By
Aug 06, 2016
Nursing home providers should use claims data to identify trends that may shift their business plans, one expert recommended in June.
60 Seconds with… Theresa Bourdon, managing director, AON Risk Consultants
By
Haymarket Media
Jul 14, 2005
Q: Beyond showing a doubling of liability cases and tripling of settlement dollar amounts, what else struck you about
your recent report on nursing-homes’ liability costs?
A: The liability crisis...
Cardiovascular hospitalization increases after sepsis hospitalization
Feb 01, 2023
After hospitalization with sepsis, it may be advisable to implement closely supervised cardiovascular prevention therapies, investigators say.
Study: Shift to home COVID tests leads to vast undercount of cases
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 30, 2023
Home testing may have begun to interfere with the ability to accurately track COVID-19 case counts and positivity rates, investigators report.
Study: Falls rate nearly 50% for U.S. seniors with dementia; 3 factors raise risk
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 13, 2023
Nearly half of American seniors with dementia had one or more falls in the preceding year, according to a new analysis of 2016 data. Risk factors differed between seniors with and without dementia, investigators...
Pfizer asks FDA to approve omicron-specific booster shot
Aug 22, 2022
The drug company says that its new mRNA vaccine produces an immune response against the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants.
CDC may be overestimating COVID-19 vaccination stats for older adults, state officials and experts say
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 13, 2021
The agency’s online tracker currently shows that 99.9% of U.S. seniors have been at least partly vaccinated against COVID-19. But this sky-high figure is almost certainly not accurate, observers...
BREAKING: CMS announces details of ‘unprecedented’ national nursing home training program...
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 25, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced details of “unprecedented” training for nursing homes Tuesday morning to combat the spread of COVID-19.
Genesis touts rosy third quarter, with uptick in 85-plus occupancy
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 09, 2018
It’s been years since Genesis Healthcare has seen numbers like this.