Post-acute providers call on Washington for regulatory reprieve
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Jan 15, 2016
Regulatory pressure needs to be lifted from post-acute care facilities before alternative payment models can succeed, providers told legislators on Wednesday.
Alliance: We’re still splitting from AHCA
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Haymarket Media
Aug 31, 2005
“The vast majority” of members of the Alliance for Quality Long Term Care are still planning to withdraw from the American Health Care Association, an alliance spokesman said Tuesday. A pullout...
Also in the News for Thursday, June 2
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 02, 2022
Researchers still unsure if paperwork on life-sustaining treatments for nursing home residents is ‘meaningful … NC providers seeing twice as many COVID-19 outbreaks at nursing homes since last year...
Skilled nursing dealmaking continues to be strong, average price per unit hits $78,000
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 07, 2014
The trend of strong merger and acquisition activity in the senior housing market has not abated, with the average price per skilled nursing unit up 7% from a year ago. This is according to the latest quarterly...
Nursing homes can’t carve out billing, collections in arbitration agreements, AR Supreme Court...
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 16, 2014
A nursing home arbitration agreement largely reserved the provider’s rights to sue residents while limiting residents’ legal options, causing it to fail a “mutual obligation” requirement,...
Assisted living worker shot to death in Alaska, resident claims responsibility
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Tim Mullaney
Aug 15, 2014
An Alaska man has been charged with murdering a worker at a small assisted living facility in Anchorage, according to local news reports.
Lack of nursing home input compromised obesity-lifespan studies, researchers say
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 06, 2013
The exclusion of nursing home residents should cast serious doubt on studies showing a positive relationship between obesity and lifespan, according to a new report.
Orianna Health System’s plan to shift more than half its skilled nursing facilities to its landlord may be in trouble.
Robotic treatment for patients with spinal injuries newly available
Mar 13, 2018
A “revolutionary” new robotic treatment for patients who have suffered spinal cord injuries, first developed in Japan, is now available in the U.S.
A Day in the Life: March Gladness
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May 04, 2016
Like many others across the country, the residents and employees of the Good Samaritan Society-Fort Collins Village participated in a bracket-style competition in March.