AHCA/NCAL, 15 other groups pressure HHS to extend public health emergency
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 12, 2022
Sixteen national organizations were thinking of fall and the flu Tuesday when they asked HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to extend the public health emergency related to COVID-19.
Meet Gail Sheridan, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 20, 2021
Gail Sheridan knows what it means to serve. From training as a registered nurse while in the U.S. Navy to dedicating the following phases of her career to the lives of older adults, she has been serving...
Meet Patricia Will, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 16, 2021
With a background in medical real estate, Patricia Will saw the lack of sufficient Alzheimer’s care provided to her mother-in-law and decided she would take action.
A honk and a wave and it’s summer break
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 25, 2019
If it’s after lunch and it’s a school day, everyone at Suwannee Valley Nursing Home knows where to find residents Kenneth Neff and Eileen Thompson.
Four SNFs, physical therapy center to pay $9.7 million in ‘upcoding’ case
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 12, 2019
Four skilled nursing facilities and a physical therapy center in the Chicago area have agreed to pay $9.7 million to resolve upcoding claims.
Nursing homes often fail to report abuse, OIG report asserts
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 12, 2019
Abuse or neglect, including among skilled nursing facility beneficiaries, resulted in around 1 in 5 high-risk hospital emergency room Medicare claims in 2016, a new government report finds.
Get the backpacks ready: New school bell will toll for Oklahoma seniors this fall
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2019
Nearly 20 years ago, Grace Living Centers launched a kindergarten and pre-K program inside the walls of its assisted living and skilled nursing home in Jenks, OK. Starting this fall, the organization will...
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.
Some Medicare payment models will be mandatory, CMS says
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 29, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wants to create more mandatory alternative payment models in the Medicare program to speed up the transition to value-based care. Providers are saying “not...
SNF workers say they’ll strike if $40M isn’t added to the state’s budget
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 17, 2019
About 2,500 skilled nursing facility workers from across Connecticut say they are prepared to go on strike, unless the governor adds millions into the budget for the field.