The long-term care field is showing signs of robust health. For the first time since the recession hit eight years ago, it is offering strong pay increases across the board — from certified nursing assistants...
CMS names first facilities to receive point-of-care COVID-19 tests
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Liza Berger
Jul 26, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the names of 636 nursing homes set to receive the first batch of COVID-19 point-of-care test devices.
Meet Kate Catizone, Rising Star honoree
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Liza Berger
Jul 17, 2020
Kate Catizone’s love of numbers and data have made a difference at her employer, Villa Healthcare in Skokie, IL.
‘He was a good guy’: New Jersey nursing home administrator succumbs to COVID-19
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Liza Berger
Mar 24, 2020
The long-term care community in New Jersey is still reeling after COVID-19 claimed one of its own last Thursday.
Regenstrief Institute invests in startup to improve nursing home care
By
Liza Berger
Nov 19, 2019
The Regenstrief Institute, an organization dedicated to technological innovation in healthcare, is partnering with Care Revolution, a medical startup focused on improving care at nursing facilities, controlling...
Meet Hayley Boutte, Rising Star honoree
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Liza Berger
Jul 08, 2020
Hayley Boutte is no ordinary administrator. In the 10 years she has worked at Maison Teche Nursing Center, in Jeanerette, LA, she has made a major difference in the lives of her residents and the older...
Seniors with coronavirus may seem ‘off’
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Liza Berger
Jun 01, 2020
Seniors do not display the same symptoms of the novel coronavirus as others who have it, doctors have found.
FDA grants full approval of Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi
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Liza Berger
Jul 07, 2023
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late Thursday granted full approval of the early Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi (lecanemab), opening up long-awaited broad Medicare coverage of the medication shown to...
Parkinson to providers: Explore ‘exciting’ I-SNP options
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Liza Berger
Jan 20, 2020
All quality nursing home providers should review available options for taking part in institutional special needs plans (I-SNPs), a Medicare Advantage insurance model, says the leader of the largest association...
Problems still hanging over feds’ Five-Star rating system
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Liza Berger
Dec 01, 2009
It’s hard for members of the long-term care community to pinpoint anything positive about the Five-Star Quality Rating System.