Meet Tim Hadley, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Business Partner’ honoree
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 30, 2024
Tim Hadley knows what it takes to be a successful partner.
As the newly installed president of Palmetto Infusion, he looks to invigorate the company as it continues expanding its offerings of in-home care...
Marianne Longo has been the chief clinical officer for care coordination, at Help at Home for less than a year, but she’s already made an indelible mark on the company’s program.
Provider, union creatively team to offset workforce shortages
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Jessica R. Towhey
Nov 15, 2023
Long-term care’s worker shortages are leading to creative solutions and new partnerships in western New York, where a skilled nursing company is working with its local union and an education cooperative...
Whistleblower loses appeal to pocket more of $45M nursing home settlement
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Jessica R. Towhey
Nov 09, 2023
A nursing home whistleblower who prevailed in a $45 million case against the facilities’ owners lost his appeal when the government rejected his argument that the judgment wasn’t big enough.
Nursing home job losses happened three times as fast as in other sectors: JAMA
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Jessica R. Towhey
Nov 08, 2023
Nursing homes job losses have mounted at more than triple the rate of loss in hospitals and physicians’ offices, according to new research that looked at labor rates from 2016 to 2022.
Head of collapsed Skyline empire gets another reprieve in federal court
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Jessica R. Towhey
Nov 07, 2023
The owner of a fast-rising and even faster-falling nursing home empire has been granted a temporary reprieve in federal court.
‘Killer nurse’ fallout: Nursing homes likely to take the blame even if they did ‘everything right’
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Jessica R. Towhey
Nov 06, 2023
An “angel of mercy” nurse who saw herself as putting patients out of their misery by hastening their deaths further damages the already fragile reputation of nursing homes, a long-time nursing director...
Providers hail immigration bill that seeks to reissue visas to healthcare pros
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Jessica R. Towhey
Nov 06, 2023
Providers are praising federal lawmakers who are trying again to push through immigration reform that would allow officials to recapture unused visas and reprocess them for nurses and other healthcare...
LTC Properties upbeat as occupancy levels nudge back up, environment ‘favors’ REITs
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Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 30, 2023
LTC Properties’ conservative investment approach paid off in the third quarter as the company’s top executive said the real estate investment trust’s skilled nursing occupancy resumed its upward...
Statewide CNA training program nearly halfway to goal after just one year
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 30, 2023
A three-year, statewide program to boost the number of certified nursing assistants in California is nearly halfway to its goal after just the first year of implementation.