Mid-Atlantic Health Care creates Gold-winning system
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Oct 02, 2015
Mid-Atlantic Health Care has earned the Gold Award in the Quality category of McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards for creating its own data system to improve the quality of care provided in...
Nursing home residents, state officials clash over wild pet duck
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Oct 02, 2015
Residents at a California senior living facility are facing off with state wildlife officials over a wild duck they’ve raised as a pet for the past two years.
HHS calls for therapy overbilling crackdown
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Oct 01, 2015
The Medicare payment system for skilled nursing facilities needs to be re-evaluated to weed out exploitative providers, a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector...
PA Attorney General expands lawsuit against Golden Living
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Sep 10, 2015
A lawsuit against nursing home operator Golden Living has been expanded to include 11 additional facilities, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office announced this week.
Reducing errors
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 04, 2015
Experts warn that common MDS mistakes still plague many providers, threatening the bottom line and resident care. But software may hold the solution.
New memory care planned for Georgia
Sep 01, 2015
Riverwood Retirement Management Inc. has been selected as the management agent for a new community named Westminster of Dallas, which will be the third Westminster-branded community in the Southeast and...
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.