Citing a large expansion and planned capital expenditures, Fitch has assigned a BB rating to more than $140 million in bonds issued on behalf of Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest and downgraded...
LTC leaders: News report on ‘upcoding’ distorts the facts
By
Liza Berger
May 01, 2010
The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care and American Health Care Association expressed outrage over a news report that alleged widespread use of so-called “upcoding” in nursing homes.
Long-term care providers can influence healthcare reform, Edward Kennedy Jr. tells association
Nov 19, 2009
“Legislators really need to hear from people working in the [long-term care] industry,” Edward M. Kennedy Jr., son of the late senator, told a crowd at the 60th annual meeting of the Massachusetts...
Tax credit used to help seniors
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 05, 2019
UnitedHealthcare has invested $19 million to help construct and enhance several health centers in California that provide services to underserved communities in Santa Barbara, Solano and Santa Clara counties,...
Nurse charged with sexual assault of SNF resident in vegetative state who gave birth
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 24, 2019
Phoenix authorities have charged Nathan Sutherland, 36, a licensed practical nurse, with sexual assault and abuse of a vulnerable adult patient at the Hacienda Healthcare facility.
Most continuing care retirement communities are not ‘isolating’ settings, CMS clarifies in...
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 24, 2014
Continuing care retirement communities don’t create the same problem of isolation as skilled nursing facilities, according to new guidance on a recently finalized Medicaid regulation.
AHCA blasts cut in provider tax plan
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 06, 2012
A GOP proposal to use Medicaid provider assessments to offset subsidies to the Stafford student loan program has drawn the fire of a leading provider association.
Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel encourages partnerships between children and elders in nursing homes
Oct 20, 2011
Long-term care providers are uniquely able to foster relationships between our country’s oldest and youngest members, Elie Wiesel urged in his address during the closing General Session of the LeadingAge...
No time like today to inspire tomorrow’s leaders
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2022
About this time last winter, I interviewed Lynn Hood about the challenges — and yes, victories! — of overseeing a chain of 40-plus skilled nursing facilities during the first year of COVID-19....
When acute and post-acute talk, good things can happen
By
James M. Berklan
May 09, 2018
A young parent’s fond wish is that her child, or children, play well together with others. A busy young parent’s fondest wish often is that the kids pretty much do it on their own. That’s...