Grant preparation costs $270K, nursing researchers estimate
Oct 13, 2015
Nursing researchers may spend up to four 40-hour weeks and more than $270,000 in costs preparing for a single National Institutes of Health grant application, a new study shows.
Supreme Court declines review of Medicare hospice cap case
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Oct 04, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to weigh on a case debating Medicare’s controversial payment cap for hospice treatment.
The Right Place announces SaaS offering
Dec 09, 2015
The Right Place has created its first commercial SaaS offering for skilled nursing facilities.
60 seconds with … Jennifer Stelter
Jul 01, 2021
Jennifer Stelter, Psy.D., CDP, Chief Engagement Officer Resident Engagement Institute
Evangelical Lutheran tops nonprofit senior living list
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 05, 2012
The LeadingAge/Ziegler 100 report reflects an increase in independent and assisted living communities, and a decrease in nursing homes as part of the mix. The average system on the list had 2,008 units...
NLRB rules against Beverly in 10-year-old labor case
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Haymarket Media
May 16, 2006
In a decision representing a win for organized labor, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services violated federal labor law when it retaliated against employees...
Study: Diabetes may be linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease
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Haymarket Media
May 14, 2004
Researchers have noted another possible link between diabetes and cognitive decline in older adults. They found a 65% greater likelihood of study subjects with diabetes developing Alzheimer’s, according...
McKnight’s honors providers for creative uses of technology
Jun 28, 2018
Providers have a prime opportunity to plot how they can be part of the biggest winning class in the McKnight’s Technology Awards program, as they head into a holiday week. There are four times as...
HCR ManorCare disputes profit report, wants $91.5 million negligence award lowered or tossed
Nov 08, 2011
Errors made during a nursing home negligence trial have prompted an attorney for HCR ManorCare to ask a judge to grant a new trial, lower the initial award or toss the case entirely.
Medicare coordinated-care pilot programs fail to live up to expectations, study finds
Feb 12, 2009
Most Medicare test programs designed to cut costs and keep elderly patients with one or more chronic conditions out of the hospital have failed, according to a recently published analysis of such programs.