Omnicare goes public with bid to buy rival PharMerica for $716 million
Aug 23, 2011
Omnicare, the biggest institutional pharmacy provider in the long-term care sector, publicly announced a $715 million bid for top rival PharMerica on Tuesday. Dissatisfied with the outcome of behind-doors...
Survey: U.S. neurologists would prescribe Leqembi if fully approved
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2023
A “healthy proportion” of surveyed neurologists have already begun prescribing the treatment, and nearly all said they planned to do so if traditional FDA approval is granted.
Florida nursing home wins whistleblower lawsuit but not $400,000 in defense costs
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 21, 2023
A Florida nursing home is not entitled to nearly $400,000 in attorney’s fees despite prevailing against a former employee who filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud, a US magistrate ruled. ...
ProMedica tackles ‘false’ portrayal of incoming operating partner for 147 sites
By
Joe Bush
Dec 09, 2022
Criticism of a new Welltower skilled nursing operating partnership drove down the real estate investment trust’s stock price Wednesday, but current operator ProMedica said Thursday that a damning report...
Ride to live, live to ride: Pine Point residents enjoy sunny sidecar trips
By
Joe Bush
Sep 28, 2022
Residents at Pine Point Center in Scarborough, ME, got the opportunity to be wild when recreation director Belinda Bantly set up a day of motorcycle rides earlier this month.
Failure to respond to lawsuit costs nursing home owner $105,000
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 09, 2022
The owner of a troubled New Jersey nursing home has been ordered to pay a public relations firm $105,000 after failing to respond to a lawsuit brought by the company for allegedly not paying for services.
More states may allow electronic monitoring of residents
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 16, 2020
Electronic monitoring in nursing home resident rooms could soon become the norm in yet another state.
Ask The Payment Expert: Why is reimbursement less than the published Medicare rate?
By
Caryn Adams
Apr 04, 2019
There are multiple factors that are impacting facility rates this year, and it can be quite confusing.
Second chance for losing whistleblower
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 07, 2019
A Tennessee provider must still face claims that it retaliated against a whistleblower, despite a judge throwing out the original claims.
Dementia researchers identify therapies to improve eating habits, reduce depression
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 01, 2013
A particular type of memory training combined with a Montessori-based approach to daily living can decrease depression in dementia patients by improving their eating habits, according to a recent study.