GAO: Some healthcare providers don’t pay taxes but still collect Medicare
Jun 23, 2008
A total of 6%, or roughly 27,000 of all Medicare providers—including nursing homes—collected Medicare reimbursements in 2006 while owing a collective total of more than $2 billion in back-taxes, the...
Lawmakers want quick approval for nursing home TV conversion coupons
Jun 11, 2008
Fifteen U.S. senators are urging the agency in charge of the nation’s digital TV transition to fast-track a rule that would help nursing home residents and others who live in care homes to obtain...
Deteriorating health top reason to leave home, seniors say
May 29, 2008
Half of all seniors cited deteriorating health as the number one reason they would leave their homes, while nearly one in four said they would move due to a desire to live in seniors housing, according...
Lawmakers take aim at arbitration pacts
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2008
A new Senate bill seeks to eliminate providers’ ability to bind residents to pre-dispute arbitration agreements.
Credit crisis affected seniors housing in 2008 fourth quarter, NIC reports
Apr 01, 2009
Transaction volumes fell and capitalization rates rose in seniors housing and care in the fourth quarter of last year, according to a new report from the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing...
I couldn’t live without … eSNF telemedicine solution
Jul 01, 2013
Recognizing the need to bring down hospital readmissions, AristaCare turned to eSNF’s telemedicine solution a year ago. In seven out of 10 cases in which eSNF is used, an admission is avoided, says...
McKnight’s online expo tackles sources of capital for 2012
Feb 22, 2012
Prices for assisted living communities grew 45% in 2011, to $156,900 per unit, according to a new report. Senior living industry analysts were encouraged by the results of the report, which showed that...
Baucus’s healthcare plan would direct funds away from nursing homes
Nov 13, 2008
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) on Wednesday unveiled his plan for universal healthcare coverage. The plan emphasizes restructuring long-term care.
I couldn’t live without … Virtual Healthcare Tours webpages
Sep 01, 2013
When it came time for a website redesign, leaders wanted to show that Rose Garden Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Toms River, NJ, is a high-tech, state-of-the-art facility. They’ve accomplished...
CMS discloses new post-acute initiative to prevent rehospitalizations
Apr 14, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is beginning a new pilot program to help ease the adjustment from the hospital to a skilled nursing facility or home. The purpose is to prevent hospital readmissions.