Poor oversight allows nursing home workers to plunder residents’ trust funds, investigation finds
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 17, 2013
Nursing home workers face few impediments in stealing money from residents’ trust funds, according to a USA Today investigation that uncovered thousands of cases of financial exploitation.
The message is perfectly clear: Too often we aren’t
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2007
The telephone call came from the doctor’s office. I wasn’t put off too much that an office worker was on the line instead of the doctor or nurse. I was anxious to get the test results.
Nursing home employees indicted for involuntary manslaughter after patient’s death from bedsores
By
Marty Stempniak
Feb 19, 2019
The Ohio attorney general has indicted seven former Columbus nursing facility workers on dozens of charges following a patient’s 2017 death from bedsores.
Providers’ challenge: Capitalizing on a growing but reluctant elderly Latino population
By
Marty Stempniak
Jul 31, 2018
The U.S. Latino elderly population is expected to balloon in the coming years, and with the wave will come more Hispanic nursing home residents. Hispanics, however, have strong reservations about using...
Watchdog says nearly one-third of CMS telehealth payments were improper
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 16, 2018
The growing drumbeat for greater use of telehealth in long-term care may have encountered a muffler.
SNF victory in federal appeals court expected to cause review of other deficiency cases
By
John Hall
Mar 09, 2015
A federal appeals court has upheld fines emanating from a pair of deficiencies found and affirmed at a California nursing home. But the provider and its legal counsel are thrilled because the court also...
RACs recovered $8,000 from skilled nursing facilities, $2.3 billion overall in 2012, report shows
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 27, 2014
Medicare recovery audit contractors collected about $8,000 in fiscal year 2012 through a skilled nursing facility claims review pilot, according to a recently released annual report to Congress.
ITUpdate
Nov 01, 2013
» The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued the latest version of the Minimum Data Set 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument User’s Manual. The latest publication took effect Oct....
A unique perspective
By
John O'Connor
Mar 01, 2011
Michael Hargrave watches the eldercare field from a unique vantage point. He does it as the leader of NIC MAP. That’s shorthand for the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry’s...
Catching bad bugs
By
John Andrews
Jun 01, 2013
New strains of drug-resistant pathogens are targets of more scrutiny among infection control professionals employed in long-term care environments.