HCP Inc. will spin off HCR ManorCare, its skilled nursing and assisted living portfolio, into an independent real estate investment trust, the company announced Monday.
The importance of LTC benchmarking
By
Raul Valdes-Perez, Ph.D., and Keith T. Kanel, M.D.
May 06, 2016
An example of a long-term care organization embracing the new marriage of data benchmarking and performance improvement was Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative’s partnership with the Vincentian...
Adult day center settles Medicaid false claims allegations for more than $385,000
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May 05, 2016
A Virginia adult day center has agreed to pay $385,917 to settle allegations that it billed the state’s Medicaid program for transportation services that were never provided, the U.S. Department...
A Day in the Life: March Gladness
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May 04, 2016
Like many others across the country, the residents and employees of the Good Samaritan Society-Fort Collins Village participated in a bracket-style competition in March.
Providers just have to look for their bright spots
By
James M. Berklan
May 04, 2016
Long-term care operators have plenty of reasons to recoil and lick their wounds over the course of a year. But sometimes they need to seek the light and resist the “woe is us” mentality.
State News for May 2016
May 04, 2016
KANSAS — Kansas nursing home operators will receive help paying for residents whose Medicaid applications or renewals are stuck in processing limbo, state agencies announced in late March.
AHCA: Statistical sampling an improper ‘sledgehammer’
By
James M. Berklan
May 04, 2016
The nation’s largest association for nursing home and other long-term care operators has publicly expressed its staunch disapproval of a federal prosecution method that takes only small slices of...
Hospice nurses told to overdose patients?
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2016
The owner of a Texas hospice company is being investigated for allegedly encouraging employees to overdose patients and hasten their death to avoid the federal reimbursement cap for hospice stays.
Cutting through cynicism with authentic appreciation
By
Paul White
May 04, 2016
There are practical steps that can be taken that can help get past challenges of being perceived as not genuinely valuing your colleagues
FDA approves Parkinson’s drug
May 03, 2016
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Nuplazid (pimavanserin) tablets last week as the first approved drug to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with psychosis experienced by some people...