Judge finds evidence is worthless in massive False Claims suit alleging worthless nursing home services
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 13, 2024
A federal judge this week tossed a nearly decade-old False Claims case that targeted what was once the nation’s largest nursing home chain, writing that the lawsuit was grossly short on evidence.
Fallout from clearinghouse attack continues to mushroom
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 13, 2024
It seemed improbable the first time someone told me the fallout from the cyberattack on the Change Healthcare platform might last for weeks, or for months even.
Nursing home forced to close, evacuate over emergency staffing shortage following missed payroll
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Josh Henreckson
Mar 08, 2024
Financial troubles forced a nursing home to close in the wake of overzealous regulation and a cyberattack that impacted nursing homes across the US, facility leaders said days after an emergency shutdown...
Bill makes failure to avert nursing home abuse a felony for directors, managers
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Josh Henreckson
Mar 07, 2024
A Delaware bill would open nursing home directors and managers to felony charges if they fail to “promptly take corrective action” after the discovery of resident abuse or neglect that leads to serious...
Staffing for success: President Biden’s initiative and the call for holistic healthcare reform
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Todd Walrath
Mar 06, 2024
The Biden-Harris Administration’s recent initiative to establish federal staffing standards in nursing homes marks a commendable step toward improving patient care. These standards, aiming to enhance...
Scary ‘state’: Two-thirds of nursing home operators fear closure without staffing relief
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Josh Henreckson
Mar 06, 2024
The long-term care sector is still struggling to rebuild to pre-pandemic staffing levels while also bracing for negative effects of new federal regulations, according to the “State of the Sector” report...
MA’s cost-management tools may be hurting home healthcare quality, outcomes
By
Adam Healy
Mar 05, 2024
MA copays, prior authorizations and restricted provider networks may be preventing home healthcare providers from delivering care.
Veterans’ care new battleground in nursing home staffing mandate
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 05, 2024
Two senators have introduced a bill to determine exactly what “unintended circumstances” could result for elderly veterans if a federal rule mandating staffing levels at all US nursing homes is allowed...
Rural nursing homes in peril
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 04, 2024
Like many of its skilled nursing neighbors in the Cornhusker State, Good Samaritan Society-Bloomfield is teetering between fulfilling its vital community role with special small-town flourishes and succumbing...
How to do it … Forge stronger pharmacy-nurse ties
By
John Hall
Mar 04, 2024
The bond between pharmacists and long-term care nurses is one of great trust and professional respect. It requires open, unfiltered and unfettered communication. And it feeds on reliability and teamwork....