Private ownership group faces pushback over attempt to buy one-sixth of all VT nursing home beds
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 23, 2021
An ownership group with links to COVID-era investigations and recent charges of inflating staffing reports is facing public criticism as it attempts to purchase five skilled nursing facilities in Vermont.
Senator calls for mandatory Medicaid coverage of HCBS as nursing homes remain under fire on Capitol Hill
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 19, 2021
On a second day of hearings targeting the nursing home industry and its COVID-19 response, senators repeated calls for data and ownership transparency but also urged more federal and state support for...
When good men say nothing
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 05, 2021
Though Genesis HealthCare is making vaccinations for long-term care workers mandatory, I’m not so foolish as to reveal my own true feelings about the requirement. I fear the warring ghosts of liberty...
It’s time for full transparency
By
Michael Wasserman
Jan 13, 2021
I threw down the gauntlet for the nursing home industry to focus on clinical care two years ago. I warned that in the spring of 2020, providers would “start to hurt because the cost of caring...
Monoclonal antibodies cut COVID-19 hospitalizations in high-risk adults: Mayo Clinic
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 22, 2021
Patients treated early in the disease with either one of two antibody therapies had similarly low rates of hospitalization within 28 days.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Sept. 5
By
Kristen Fischer
Sep 05, 2023
Amazon Prime, GoodRx can save millions on generics … Cognitive deficits after COVID-19 linked to clotting proteins … Mushroom component in psilocybin helps depression, study finds … Some airports...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, March 5
By
Kristen Fischer
Mar 05, 2024
Medicare Part D upped limitations on drugs, coverage … Several factors can predict urinary, fecal incontinence … Alternative pharmacies lack on generic drugs … Flu rising in central states as COVID,...
Clinical briefs for Wed, Oct. 4
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 04, 2023
Some injections don’t work for osteoarthritis in hands … Efforts to reduce generic, biosimilar drug prices largely lacking, report finds … Study to gauge lifestyle factors, brain health … Researchers...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Sept. 16
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 16, 2021
U.S. to limit states’ access to COVID antibody treatments as demand rises … Aggressively reducing Alzheimer’s risk factors could mean 1.2 million fewer cases in 2050: experts … NIH launches nationwide...
Clinical briefs for Friday, March 12
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 12, 2021
It’s time to appoint medical directors in assisted living, panel says … UK COVID variant 64% more deadly … Thousands of bottles of Lipitor generic pulled over impurity fears … Scientists detect...