First artificial disc for low-back pain treatment approved
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Haymarket Media
Oct 29, 2004
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first artificial disc for lower back pain.
Thousands of providers gather as largest nursing home association opens its 62th annual convention
Sep 20, 2011
Much like historical battles fought and won by American ancestors, providers have to be ready to fight for “our lives and for our survival,” the head of the American Health Care Association...
White House, Baucus, support ‘blended’ Medicaid payments
Jul 08, 2011
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) said Wednesday that a proposal to implement “blended” payment rates for Medicaid is “on the table” in negotiations over raising...
Nearly three dozen Preferred Care Group facilities file for bankruptcy
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Nov 15, 2017
Thirty-three Preferred Care Group-affiliated nursing homes filed for bankruptcy on Monday, citing costly ongoing negligence and personal injury litigation against the provider.
SNF, feds resolve dispute over sign language interpreter access
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Oct 14, 2016
A Pennsylvania nursing home has reached a resolution with federal officials in a dispute over the facility’s ability to provide a sign language interpreter for a prospective resident.
Post-acute providers call on Washington for regulatory reprieve
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Jan 15, 2016
Regulatory pressure needs to be lifted from post-acute care facilities before alternative payment models can succeed, providers told legislators on Wednesday.
Alliance: We’re still splitting from AHCA
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Haymarket Media
Aug 31, 2005
“The vast majority” of members of the Alliance for Quality Long Term Care are still planning to withdraw from the American Health Care Association, an alliance spokesman said Tuesday. A pullout...
Skilled nursing dealmaking continues to be strong, average price per unit hits $78,000
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 07, 2014
The trend of strong merger and acquisition activity in the senior housing market has not abated, with the average price per skilled nursing unit up 7% from a year ago. This is according to the latest quarterly...
Nursing homes can’t carve out billing, collections in arbitration agreements, AR Supreme Court...
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 16, 2014
A nursing home arbitration agreement largely reserved the provider’s rights to sue residents while limiting residents’ legal options, causing it to fail a “mutual obligation” requirement,...
Assisted living worker shot to death in Alaska, resident claims responsibility
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Tim Mullaney
Aug 15, 2014
An Alaska man has been charged with murdering a worker at a small assisted living facility in Anchorage, according to local news reports.