McKnight’s new Pinnacle Awards honor sector’s long-time professionals
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 07, 2022
The new McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards program is now accepting nominations to honor industry professionals who have had a long-time impact on the sector.
Longevity-Humana launches I-SNP in Texas
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 07, 2023
The managed care partnership between Longevity Health Plan and Humana has entered a new caregiving collaboration with Touchstone Communities, which offers skilled nursing, memory care and rehabilitation...
On eve of Alzheimer’s drug decision, Congress critiques FDA for Aduhelm review failures
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 03, 2023
An “atypical review process and corporate greed” factored into the FDA’s approval of Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm in 2021, congressional investigators say. They recommend sticking to protocol...
Biden again touts ‘cracking down’ on nursing homes in State of Union address
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 08, 2023
Nursing homes once again elicited an ignominious mention in President Joe Biden’s second SOTU address Tuesday night.
CMS 5-claim audits so far a ‘debacle’
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 22, 2023
A new federal review process designed to lower the rate of improper government payments is sending provider staffs scurrying to justify their coding.
Final week for McKnight’s Pinnacle Award nominations!
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 21, 2022
The first deadline has passed so that means it’s really time to get moving before the final-final deadline for the inaugural McKnight’s Pinnacle awards arrives Thursday (Oct. 27).
Nurse practitioners lower emergency visits in one Japanese nursing home, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 03, 2024
One way of dealing with the shortage of doctors in nursing homes is to utilize nurse practitioners, or NPs. A new study looked at the effects of placing NPs in one nursing home in Japan.
Symptoms improved with treatment changes in later stages of Parkinson’s
By
Kristen Fischer
Dec 20, 2023
A recent study showed that changing up therapies in the later stages of Parkinson’s disease improved motor symptoms and other subjective symptoms. As a result, doctors should consider advanced therapy...
4 days left for McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards nominations!
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 24, 2022
The first deadline has passed so that means it’s really time to get moving before the final-final deadline for the inaugural McKnight’s Pinnacle awards arrives Thursday (Oct. 27).
2 Gold Awards for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News in ASBPE program
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 17, 2023
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News editors earned two regional Gold Awards, one Silver and a pair of Bronzes in the 2023 Azbee Awards of Excellence program.