Independa Inc. has announced the launch of the Independa AnyTV Companion™.
When technology fails us: ‘We talk’
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Steven Littlehale
Dec 19, 2016
Driving my Grandma to one of her favorite restaurants to celebrate a significant birthday (she prefers that I don’t specify which) offered me an important lesson in communication.
Skilled care occupancy may have peaked for 2016, third quarter NIC report shows
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Dec 19, 2016
Skilled nursing facility occupancy reached 82.5% in the third quarter of 2016, a rate that is unlikely to reach any higher in the remainder of the calendar year, a new report from the National Investment...
Drug maker to pay $38 million to settle kickback claims involving Alzheimer’s drug
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Dec 19, 2016
A New York-based pharmaceutical company will pay $38 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctors to prescribe medications, including the Alzheimer’s drug Namenda, the Department...
Why the Oklahoma sign law is far from ‘OK’
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Elizabeth Newman
Dec 16, 2016
Perhaps it’s a sign of growing older when your response to a new government law is not, “That’s horrible!” but rather, “Who is going to pay for that?!” Such was the...
SNFs lose appeal in Medicaid case that lessens reimbursements
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Dec 16, 2016
A group of Pennsylvania nursing homes lost their court battle this week over an amendment to their state’s Medicaid plan that cut their reimbursements.
Journey of Heroes deserves showing, not telling
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Gary Tetz
Dec 15, 2016
Every year about this time, I tell you eagerly and often weepily about “The Trip.” The one where 12 veterans, many of them from World War II and living in long-term care, get to hop on a plane...
Sports memorabilia — the next Alzheimer’s aid?
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James M. Berklan
Dec 15, 2016
“Take me back to the ballgame.” It’s not my line, nor Riverdale’s, though we both wish it was.
New state law would require anti-abortion messaging in nursing home bathrooms
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Dec 14, 2016
Oklahoma nursing homes will be required to post anti-abortion signs in their public bathrooms by 2018 under a new law.
Court: False claims suit against Golden LivingCenters, Aegis may proceed
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Dec 13, 2016
A whistleblower’s false claims lawsuit against Golden LivingCenters and Aegis Therapies will continue following a federal court’s decision on Friday.