Recession slows cost growth at some long-term care facilities
Sep 21, 2010
There were smaller cost increases at some long-term care facilities from 2008-2010 as a result of the economic recession, according to a new analysis from Prudential Financial Inc., a financial services...
Genesis, Skilled Healthcare merger to create huge long-term care provider with more than 500 facilities
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 20, 2014
Genesis HealthCare and Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. will merge to create a single long-term and post-acute care company with more than 500 facilities nationwide, the providers announced Tuesday.
State News
Dec 01, 2013
NORTH CAROLINA — A citizen advocacy group called the N.C. Senior Tar Heel Legislature wants state lawmakers to address the number of certified nursing assistants in long-term care facilities.
Court expresses concern over Omnicare drug packaging practices but dismisses False Claims suit
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 26, 2014
A whistleblower exposed disturbing drug packaging practices being used by long-term care pharmacy Omnicare Inc., but the charges don’t fall under the False Claims Act, a federal appeals court recently...
Federal court dismisses whistleblower lawsuit over Omnicare, PharMerica withholding generic drugs
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 18, 2014
A federal court in New York has tossed a whistleblower lawsuit charging that large long-term care pharmacies violated the False Claims Act by failing to dispense requested generic drugs.
Profile: Mastering by example
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 01, 2014
Everything Mary Leary needed to know about tenacity and resilience, she learned at home. Her father lived a full life despite injuries from World War II that left him fully disabled and forced him to relearn...
$3.8 million settlement shows nursing homes must oversee their therapy providers, feds say
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 08, 2014
Two long-term care companies have agreed to a $3.75 million settlement over charges that they failed to sufficiently control an outside therapy provider’s billing and care practices, the Department...
Nursing home does not need Supreme Court intervention to avoid birth control mandate, feds say
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 06, 2014
The federal government defended the Affordable Care Act’s so-called “contraception mandate” Friday in a Supreme Court filing against a Catholic long-term care provider. The ACA requires...
NY nursing home operator to pay $6.5 million after being busted by an undercover senior
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 14, 2014
A New York-based long-term care company has agreed to a $6.5 million settlement with the state over practices at an adult day care location, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced Tuesday.
NC nursing home reaches $35,000 settlement over charges it discriminated against disabled worker
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 11, 2014
A North Carolina long-term care company has reached a $35,000 settlement over charges that it discriminated against a cook/dietary aide with a physical impairment, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...