Trump: ‘We’ll see’ if HHS Secretary Price gets fired over use of private jets
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Sep 28, 2017
President Donald Trump is “not happy” with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., after reports surfaced criticizing his use of private jets for official travels.
Residents sue over sale of their D.C. nursing home
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Jul 07, 2016
Residents of a historic Washington D.C. nursing home have filed a lawsuit protesting the highly-publicized sale of their facility to a prominent private school.
Senate Republicans demand judiciary hearing on nursing home COVID deaths
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Danielle Brown
Aug 17, 2021
The COVID-19 response at nursing homes in several states could face additional scrutiny after several Republican lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee called for a Congressional hearing to see if...
Benefits of Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi persist when treatment is halted, trial shows
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 09, 2023
A relative slowing of cognitive decline continues for up to two years in patients who stop taking the recently authorized drug, clinical trial data reveal.
Editor’s Desk: Move over, SNFs — you are getting company
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James M. Berklan
Aug 02, 2019
Welcome to the club.
AHCA voices support for administration’s move to defang anti-kickback rules
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Marty Stempniak
Nov 02, 2018
Federal officials should ease barriers that keep skilled nursing facilities, hospitals and other stakeholders from working together, the skilled nursing industry’s largest trade group said.
Therapy whistleblower suit allowed to proceed in MN
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 01, 2012
An occupational therapy assistant will be able to move forward with a lawsuit against her former employer over what she says were fraudulent therapy claims.
AI could play role in preventing prescribing of unnecessary drugs in older adults
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 19, 2024
A new study finds that artificial intelligence could encourage doctors to stop prescribing drugs that aren’t necessary — especially in older folks who tend to be on multiple medications. The report...
CMS provides first look at shorter, Risk-Based Survey process
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 04, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday revealed initial information about a potential “Risk-Based Survey” option that could be available to some of the nation’s best performing...
Minnix blasts ‘doc fix’ formula
Mar 20, 2015
The “doc fix” that ends the Sustainable Growth Rate formula drew at least one long-term leader’s sharp criticism. The $213 billion deal, which is still to be voted on in both houses,...