New England nursing homes well-equipped for ice storm
Dec 16, 2008
More than four days after a massive ice storm devastated much of the Northeast, nursing homes have emerged from the disaster relatively unscathed.
CMS official responds to criticism of pilot programs for dual eligibles
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 19, 2012
A federal official defended government demonstration programs that coordinate care for dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in a Senate hearing Wednesday.
News report: Illegal nursing-home evictions on the rise
Aug 08, 2008
Increasingly, nursing homes are illegally turning out residents to help their bottom lines, according to an analysis in The Wall Street Journal.
Appeals court rules that nursing homes can be sued for private civil rights violations
Jul 07, 2009
A federal law related to the oversight and inspection of nursing homes creates a legal pathway for private civil rights lawsuits to be filed against nursing homes in cases of alleged wrongful death, a...
Federal judge dismisses nursing home ‘kickback’ case; upholds large X-ray company’s...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 02, 2014
The way mobile x-ray company Mobilex bills nursing homes is acceptable, a federal judge recently determined. Mobilex is the nation’s largest provider of mobile diagnostic services. It had been facing...
An imperfect world calls for an increase in risk management
By
John Andrews
May 01, 2008
Falls and medication errors can lead to big problems. That is why providers need to be extra vigilant about prevention.
The right move
By
Liza Berger
Feb 06, 2008
Hurricane Katrina forced nursing homes to rethink emergency transportation – and make the federal government take notice.