Violence can break out anywhere today. Unfortunately, it is the employees and residents of a Carthage, NC, nursing home who are now wondering, Why us?
Meet Gale Boice, 2023 Hall on Honor inductee
By
Ron Rajecki
Jul 11, 2023
Learn more about Gale Boice, Chief Financial Officer, Principle LTC, Raleigh, NC.
Ensign Group touts record earnings, announces spin-off date
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 04, 2019
The Ensign Group Inc. roared during the second quarter, registering year-over-year record diluted earnings of $0.51 per share, a 27.8% increase in adjusted net income and a 272-basis point rise in skilled...
Also in the News for Wednesday, March 29
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 29, 2023
NC becomes 40th state to expand Medicaid … Congressman’s bill would crack down on Medicare fraud … Antibiotics unlikely to cut deaths in viral infections: study … Life expectancy bounces back...
$3.8 million settlement shows nursing homes must oversee their therapy providers, feds say
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 08, 2014
Two long-term care companies have agreed to a $3.75 million settlement over charges that they failed to sufficiently control an outside therapy provider’s billing and care practices, the Department...
Ambulette driver faces homicide charges in death of nursing home resident
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 18, 2013
A former medical transport driver has been indicted for criminally negligent homicide related to the death of a nursing home resident, the New York Attorney General’s office announced Friday.
Experienced direct-care nurses respond positively to retention initiatives, study finds
Sep 02, 2009
A number of different trial programs conducted around the country have proven successful at retaining experienced direct-care nurses, according to a new study from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Trump’s CMS pick can expect tough choices: predecessors
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 06, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Seema Verma, was praised by providers. But she will face tough choices immediately, a previous CMS administrator...
Second chance helps nurses overcome language mandate
By
Phil Brahm
Aug 06, 2016
Amid the growing pressure of nursing staff shortages, an overseas healthcare regulator is relaxing its rules for language testing.
I couldn’t live without … ENER-G Rudox
Mar 04, 2016
When Kim Williams reviewed a survey for Simpson House several years ago, he discovered the community had aging energy infrastructure. This included boilers and chillers far beyond their useful life, along...