Provider groups protest MedPAC recommendations to reduce therapy caps
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 18, 2013
Resident care would suffer and providers would shoulder a larger burden if Congress acts on the latest recommendations from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, advocates for the long-term care sector...
Making sure our stuff matters
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2008
Whenever I talk with long-term care professionals, I like to ask why they have chosen to do this work. Let’s face it, this is not a field for sissies.
U.S. frontline workers have milder COVID cases after vaccination: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 20, 2022
The workers, including healthcare personnel, had significantly milder infections and lower viral loads after receiving a COVID-19 mRNA vaccination when compared to their unvaccinated peers.
CMS: Lapses in infection control, vaccine compliance to garner ‘aggressive’ enforcement
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 04, 2023
Federal regulators have quietly put in place new, stricter enforcement measures for nursing homes that struggle to meet infection control and vaccine immunization requirements for residents and staff.
Providers must give entrance fees back to families more quickly under new law
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 21, 2018
Continuing care retirement communities in New Jersey must give funds back to residents’ descendants more quickly after the passage of a new law last week.
Mid-morning may be best break time: study
By
Dec 04, 2015
The best time of day to take a break is mid-morning, according to a new study from Baylor University.
Nursing home that took in dozens after local closure now fears for its own health
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 26, 2024
The high cost of caring for skilled nursing patients is squeezing finances at Upstate New York’s Heritage Ministries after it took in a majority of residents from the closing Lutheran Home and Rehabilitation...
With every SNF already under scrutiny, federal task force aims to cut healthcare spending, eliminate...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 30, 2023
A new task force from the US House Budget Committee will look at how to reduce healthcare spending, including ways to modernize healthcare and support access to care.
Providers: ‘Serious’ access issue requires attention, financial commitment to match
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 11, 2023
Senior care industry representatives hope that dire staffing shortages that led to 11,000 seniors being denied admittance to facilities in Minnesota in a single month will be improved through a legislative...
Federal officials keep heat on MA plans over denials, delays
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 30, 2022
Congressional lawmakers are being urged to address weaknesses in Medicare Advantage plans in response to a federal watchdog report that found that the MA organizations have often improperly denied or delayed...