CMS survey: Many beneficiaries with chronic pain delaying care
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 22, 2023
A large subset of senior Medicare beneficiaries with debilitating chronic pain have trouble accessing care, or are delaying care, according to CMS survey results released Wednesday.
NY nursing home residents pay homage to Taylor Swift
By
Foster Stubbs
Jun 14, 2023
Estimated to generate $4.6 billion for local economies nationwide, it’s no secret that the hottest tickets of the summer are for Taylor Swift’s The Eras tour. Residents of The Grand Rehabilitation...
NY brings fresh allegations of a for-profit nursing home “pocketing” Medicaid funds
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 13, 2023
New York’s attorney general wants a state court to force the owners of a Syracuse nursing home to answer questions about “pocketing” $37.6 million in government funding.
After dry spells, providers get vital Medicaid increases. Now the big fear: Will they be ‘1-and-done’?
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Jessica R. Towhey
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 12, 2023
As Medicaid negotiations successfully continue in various states, worries are already arising about how to sustain increases
Results of CMS initiative support on-site acute care in nursing homes
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 09, 2023
On-site acute care in the nursing home did not result in any harm and appeared to benefit long-stay residents, outcomes from a multi-state initiative revealed. Investigators are urging medical directors...
Healthcare worker study finds 27 percent developed long COVID
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 07, 2023
Fully 20% of workers across a healthcare system developed long COVID after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Investigators have pinpointed key factors that may have heightened their risk.
Fracture prevention lacking for older women, post-acute care study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 05, 2023
Across all post-acute care settings, there was low use of DXA screening and of medications to prevent bone loss — both before admittance and after discharge, researchers found.
Compared to other countries, U.S. life expectancy worse than previously estimated
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 05, 2023
Dozens of countries across the world have had higher life expectancies than the United States over the last 70 years, a new study has found.
As staffing minimum looms, other workforce solutions simmer on back burner
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2023
A long-awaited federal rule that could rewrite how nursing home owners and operators staff their buildings is in the final stage of review before being released publicly.
Nurse wanted nursing home victims to ‘slip’ away: charging documents
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 26, 2023
A nurse with a spotty work history that includes allegations of “abuse” has been charged in the killings of two nursing home residents and the attempted murder of a third, the Pennsylvania attorney...