Beverly Enterprises Inc. continues to shrink. The mammoth nursing home chain, which once boasted more than 800 facilities, is in the process of selling 10 of its Arkansas nursing facilities to Perennial...
Unfavorable article against hip device firm holds up in court
Mar 20, 2013
The maker of a device used to protect fragile hip joints in nursing home residents failed to raise sufficient evidence to justify a trade disparagement claim against the author of an unfavorable article,...
Experimental drug prevents blood clots from forming in legs and lungs
Dec 11, 2012
The experimental drug Eliquis prevented blood clots in the legs and lungs and kept them from recurring, according to a new study. Patients who took the medicine were 81% less likely to have symptoms of...
Clinical briefs for Monday, June 28
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 28, 2021
To save itself, Medicare could deny coverage of controversial new Alzheimer’s drug, expert predicts … Aduhelm most appropriate for early dementia, MCI, experts say … Eli Lilly to seek early approval...
Construction Specialties introduces wall and door protection
Aug 19, 2014
Construction Specialties Inc. (C/S) has debuted a new line of wall and door protection, Acrovyn by Design and Acrovyn Doors by Design. The products embed high-resolution images and logos as well as simulated...
Researchers ‘stunned’ to find approved cholesterol drug has negligible effect
May 31, 2011
The National Institutes of Health announced it is ending its study of the cholesterol drug Niaspan 18 months early. Tracking results showed the medication had almost no chance of being beneficial to patients,...
Caremerge creates chronic care management tool
Jun 30, 2015
Caremerge Inc. has launched its Chronic Care Management Solution, designed to tackle the new Medicare Chronic Care Management reimbursements as set forth by the Affordable Care Act.
North American Health Care to pay $28.5 million in false claims settlement
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Sep 20, 2016
North American Health Care Inc. has agreed to pay $28.5 million to settle allegations that it submitted claims for medically unnecessary rehabilitation services, the Department of Justice announced Monday.
COVID-19 relief talks resume as emergency funding for LTC providers begins to dry up
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Danielle Brown
Oct 14, 2020
The White House and federal lawmakers have resumed negations on another COVID-19 relief bill, which could come in the nick of time for some long-term care providers.
State high court upholds class action status in understaffing suit against SNF
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May 08, 2017
A wrongful death complaint filed against an Arkansas nursing home may continue as a class action lawsuit, the state’s supreme court ruled on Thursday.