Bionix Medical Technologies has introduced the new OtoClear Ear Irrigation tip with Gentle Touch design. This added feature enhances patient comfort and forms better to the ear, which helps eliminate backsplash....
Lawmakers push for long-term Medicare reform as physician pay cuts loom
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 19, 2021
More than 245 Congressional lawmakers are demanding long-term reform solutions to the current Medicare payment system as skilled nursing therapists and other healthcare providers face impending cuts.
House reform bill would significantly alter Medicare payment policy, report finds
Nov 12, 2009
Under the House healthcare reform package, Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities would grow slowly, according to a Congressional Research Service report released the day before the bill’s...
Gingrich: Current healthcare system permanently under-funded
Nov 03, 2008
The current healthcare system will remain under-funded and must be reformed if America is to remain competitive around the world, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich told an audience in Utah last...
It’s not too late: Your Tech Award awaits
By
James M. Berklan
May 21, 2021
Organizers are calling on all long-term care, senior living and home care operators to head to the McKnight’s Tech Awards + Summit website by Tuesday (May 25) to fill in an entry form to gain recognition...
Nursing home must litigate wrongful death claim, despite arbitration pact
By
Marty Stempniak
May 06, 2019
A South Carolina nursing facility is being forced to litigate a wrongful death dispute with a former resident’s family, even though they signed an arbitration agreement.
LTC analysts give 6 survival strategies for skilled nursing
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 10, 2018
An investment firm with vast expertise in long-term care is recommending six strategies that nursing homes can pursue to battle shrinking margins.
Aspirin may be tied to age-related macular degeneration, researchers find
By
McKnight's Staff
Jan 23, 2013
Those who take aspirin regularly may be in danger of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), researchers in Australia have found.
President Biden, tear down this wall
By
Stephen A. Moses
Jun 23, 2021
“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.” Thomas Sowell “It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions...
Macular degeneration drug approved
Nov 22, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a drug for the treatment of the wet form of age-related macular degeneration. The medication is called Eylea. The medication is manufactured by Regeneron...