Former Director of the United States National Economic Council Gary D. Cohn is among the featured speakers at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Fall Conference. Events will begin...
Clinical judgments not valid for False Claims cases, providers say, as whistleblower files appeal to...
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 27, 2018
A California whistleblower’s contention that doctors’ medical decisions should be subject to False Claims Act could have new life, if an appeals court agrees to hear the case.
NIC: Skilled nursing occupancy hits a record low
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 13, 2018
Residency numbers for the skilled nursing field continue to trend downward and may have reached a new low, according to data released Wednesday.
Voice assistants finding niche with elders
By
Amy Novotney
Sep 05, 2018
As voice recognition technologies such as Amazon Echo, Google Home and Apple Homepod become more inexpensive and accessible, the long-term care profession has begun taking notice of the promises such devices...
Local technicality causes new $75M skilled nursing/research facility to sit empty
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 31, 2018
Providers in one Florida town may have a potential boondoggle on their hands, as a pricey new facility sits finished, but empty, because of an issue with local officials.
Coordinated care more effective for residents with multiple chronic conditions, study finds
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 28, 2018
Better care coordination among various healthcare providers can help improve the health of elderly patients with chronic conditions.
Skilled nursing growth continues to lag, NIC finds
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 24, 2018
Skilled nursing continues to have the weakest inventory growth out of long-term care property types, with independent living leading the pack. That’s according to a new analysis of primary housing...
AARP: Dementia drugs often prescribed long-term without any supporting clinical evidence
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 21, 2018
The majority of elderly dementia patients — about 70% — are placed on long-term courses of drugs to treat the brain disease, despite scant evidence they provide benefits beyond a year.
Clinics often prescribe bad antibiotics
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 09, 2018
Residents who receive care at an outpatient clinic are nearly three times as likely to be prescribed an inappropriate antibiotic, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have reported.
Good Samaritan merger with clinical chain sparks growth
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 09, 2018
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Sanford, a healthcare system with 44 hospitals and nearly 300 clinics, plan to merge by Jan. 1, leaders of each have announced.