Nursing home pays $1.2 million fine following 35 deficiencies
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Aug 31, 2015
A Tennessee nursing home is rebounding after being hit with a seven-figure fine from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Nurse Rosie Products debuts Rosie 4
Aug 25, 2015
Nurse Rosie Products has released Rosie 4 as part of its Vital Signs Equipment portfolio.
Illinois becomes fifth state to allow cameras in nursing home rooms
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Aug 25, 2015
Legislation allowing families to install cameras in nursing home rooms was signed into law by Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) last week.
Brookdale settles with EEOC for $112,000 in disability accommodation case
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Aug 19, 2015
A Denver senior living provider will pay $112,500 to settle a lawsuit that claims it failed to provide accommodations for, and subsequently fired, an employee with fibromyalgia.
Lancaster Pollard announces deals
Aug 18, 2015
Lancaster Pollard recently helped The Lutheran Care Network refinance a New York facility with a $12.3 million loan. The loan was insured by the FHA Sec. 232/223(f) program.
WSJ digs into Ultra High therapy billing
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Aug 18, 2015
Fifty-four percent of the therapy nursing that homes billed to Medicare in 2013 was at the “Ultra High” level, up from just 7% in 2002, a prominent story in the Wall Street Journal reported...
Ask the Care Expert … about handwashing
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Sherrie Dornberger
Aug 05, 2015
Believe it or not, we are having a hard time getting our staff to comply with handwashing. Do you have any suggestions to help us let staff know it is urgent that everyone washes their hands?
Profile: Naushira Pandya, M.D.
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 05, 2015
After spending her childhood in Uganda and completing her early medical training in England, Naushira Pandya, M.D., was shocked by what she first witnessed as an American doctor.
Music to their ears
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Holly Petrovich
Aug 05, 2015
The renovation and expansion of a cramped facility brings residents more privacy and service options, and the operator a healthy cash flow
Heritage Hills to open in 2016
Aug 05, 2015
Integral Senior Living announced it has broken ground on the development of Heritage Hills of Oceanside, a memory care community in California.