Lawmakers target SNFs’ big payer for fraud, waste cuts
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2018
A pair of Congressional subcommittees focused on oversight have banded together to examine ways to reduce Medicaid fraud and waste.
McKnight’s scores in Hermes international competition
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Kimberly Marselas
May 05, 2023
The McKnight’s Long-Term Care News editorial and art teams went 4-for-4 in in the 2023 Hermes Creative Awards.
Value-based care focus could erode regulatory safeguards, critics argue
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 20, 2019
Several healthcare advocacy organizations — and at least two government agencies — are supporting efforts that make it easier for medical providers to share information about or refer patients to their...
Invesque to shed eight SNFs at reduced price as NOI increases
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Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2023
Invesque will finalize its sale of eight Illinois skilled nursing facilities leased to SymCare by the end of the second quarter, settling for $4 million less than originally announced.
OnSite, Direct Supply partner on medical waste sterilization
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2020
Direct Supply is now offering its customers the OnSite TE-5000, a medical waste disposal solution that provides immediate sterilization so nursing homes can safely dispose of medical waste overnight without...
McKnight’s Fall Expo returns with industry-bests on data, regulations, infection control
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 22, 2021
Providers looking for an advantage when it comes to data analytics, compliance or infection control won’t want to miss the McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Fall Online Expo on Sept. 30.
A pill combining low doses of three blood pressure-reducing medications significantly increased the number of patients reaching blood pressure targets, compared with usual care.
Nursing home settles with fertilizer suppliers whose products exploded, leveling building
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2018
A Texas nursing home has settled a lawsuit filed in the wake of a 2013 fertilizer explosion that leveled the facility and forced residents to evacuate.
New York eyes ‘draconian’ screening, isolation for nursing home patients colonized with C. auris
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 28, 2019
Facing the spread of the deadly and highly resistant Candida auris fungus, New York might require nursing homes and hospitals to conduct pre-admission screenings and isolate carriers and the infected.
‘Huge help’ as state allows CNAs to take exam in Spanish, Chinese
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 17, 2023
A simple change to the way states administer their certified nurse aide exams could easily open the doors to hundreds of new job candidates, providers said as Massachusetts leaders took action