Government report: 1 in 5 Medicare patients suffers an adverse event while receiving post-acute SNF care
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 04, 2014
About 22% of Medicare beneficiaries experienced an adverse event during a post-hospitalization skilled nursing facility stay in fiscal year 2011, and the majority of these events were preventable, according...
LeadingAge and NewCourtland announce Innovations fund grant recipients
Nov 05, 2013
LeadingAge and NewCourtland have selected recipients for a second round of grants through the Innovations Fund, which promotes nonprofit providers with ideas that benefit residents or the community. Seven...
Long-term care leaders, investors to gaze into their crystal balls at Los Angeles meetings
Mar 04, 2011
A pair of investment and operations forums for long-term care operators and lenders will take place next week at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. “New opportunities, new realities:...
LeadingAge cofounder Howard Washburn dead at 89
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 27, 2012
LeadingAge cofounder Rev. Howard Washburn, 89, has died. A New Jersey native, Washburn was one of a small group of individuals who founded the American Association of Homes for the Aging (which became...
CMS debuts antipsychotic drug reduction program
By
McKnight's Staff
May 30, 2012
Federal officials unveiled a medication reduction initiative with an ambitious goal: trimming antipsychotic drug use among residents by 15% this year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’...
LeadingAge and AHCA join ranks opposed to Medicaid cost sharing proposal
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 26, 2013
LeadingAge and the American Health Care Association have joined a growing list of organizations opposed to Medicaid cost-sharing provisions in the Affordable Care Act. More than 700 respondents submitted...
Senior advocacy groups express sadness over Frank’s retirement
Nov 29, 2011
Capitol Hill is losing a champion of affordable housing for low-income seniors with the retirement of Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), says one nursing home group.
Providers ‘working very hard’ to ensure Senate doesn’t vote for CLASS Act repeal
Dec 01, 2011
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to repeal the CLASS Act on Wednesday, making a full House vote possible by the end of the year. Meanwhile, providers in favor of the law have intensified efforts...
Profile: Ruth Katz, Prone to Make It Happen
By
John Hall
Apr 08, 2018
Ruth Katz, SVP Public Policy LeadingAge
Profile: Barbara Gay
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 04, 2015
Growing up in a quintessential New England town with extended family all around, Barbara Gay always appreciated the rich relationships she had with older adults.