Healthcare human resources professionals and partners can connect with their colleagues and vendors during the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration 54th Annual Conference & Exposition....
Poor dental care habits tied to dementia risk: study
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 31, 2012
Poor dental hygiene habits are tied to an increased risk for developing dementia in older age, a new study found.
Omnicare expands recall of drugs sent to nursing homes
By
Haymarket Media
Feb 27, 2007
The nation’s biggest provider of pharmaceuticals to nursing homes has begun a recall of all drugs shipped from a factory it recently shuttered because of a warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Jury awards nearly $500,000 in Alzheimer’s neglect case
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 08, 2006
In one of the area’s largest civil judgments awards in the past 20 years, a
Kentucky jury ordered the Lexington nursing home to pay $480,000 in the case of a nursing home resident who was mistreated.
Georgia nursing home to pay $2.5 million settlement
By
Haymarket Media
Jan 04, 2006
A Georgia nursing home has agreed to pay $2.5 million to resolve allegations of misuse of government funds.
Information Technology Feature: The IT payback
By
Liza Berger
Jan 13, 2006
Providers are starting to grasp the financial benefits of information technology, from labor savings to more MDS-generated revenues.
COVID-19 vaccine expected to be ready for year-end approval
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2020
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE plan to seek federal approval for a jointly developed coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020. The drugmakers say they have been ramping up production capabilities to meet expected...
Sunrise posts loss of $70 million in 2007, rethinks growth plans
Aug 07, 2008
Sunrise Senior Living Inc., a major assisted-living player in the United States, lost more than $70 million last year, and disclosed it would reduce the number of units in its development pipeline.
RAC beats CMS on payment lawsuit appeal
By
John Hall
Mar 16, 2015
A federal appeals court last week ruled that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services violated federal contracting regulations when it stretched out payment terms for recovery audit contractors.
How to do it … IT hardware
Mar 02, 2013
Information technology today has become sophisticated and complex. With many long-term care facilities now facing looming mandates to adopt electronic medical records, security and reliability of hardware...