Aetna’s $37 billion Humana deal driven by value-based care push
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Jul 07, 2015
Value-based care and increased enrollment in Aetna’s Medicare Advantage program figure to be two of the biggest winners thanks to the insurance giant’s recently announced $37 billion acquisition...
Nursing home nurses most likely to want other work setting, survey finds
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Tim Mullaney
May 08, 2014
Long-term care nurses are more likely than their colleagues in other settings to be looking to transfer into a different healthcare realm, a recent poll showed.
Assisted living community employee drew gun on coworkers in post-termination rage, prosecutors say
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Ashley Carman
Jun 25, 2013
Prosecutors say that Jeffrey Lamont Reid, 23, shoved his supervisor into a wall when in her office to sign his termination papers, according to local reports. He then tried to attack another woman in the...
Republicans set to debate healthcare ideas with Obama; Medicaid, malpractice caps may be on agenda
Feb 10, 2010
Republicans are scheduled to participate in a televised showdown with President Obama on healthcare reform on Feb. 25.
Providers hesitant to require staff vaccinations due to worker shortages
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Danielle Brown
Aug 06, 2021
Ongoing staffing struggles in the long-term care industry are preventing some providers from making the COVID-19 vaccine a condition of employment for their workers.
Administrator invites residents to be a part of her wedding day
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Danielle Brown
Jan 30, 2020
The bonds formed between providers and patients can sometimes feel like family. An administrator of a Georgia skilled nursing facility took that to an entirely new level by having residents be a part of...
Identical names led nursing home to misinform family of resident’s death
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Marty Stempniak
Sep 07, 2018
An identity mix-up at a Texas skilled nursing facility led to a nurse telling the wrong family that their loved one had died, according to local reports.
U.S. Supreme Court will review Kindred arbitration case
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Oct 31, 2016
A case involving the validity of arbitration agreements used in Kindred Healthcare facilities will get its day before the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a memo released Friday.
Nation’s eyes shift to trial where Alzheimer’s and marital consent issues collide
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John Hall
Apr 08, 2015
A trial centers on the brief marriage of two people in their 70s, with one going on trial for having sexual relations with his wife after being told she suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.
Study: Abrupt shifts in sleep patterns lead to higher mortality rate
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Haymarket Media
Dec 12, 2007
Caregivers might want to be careful about imposing radically different bed- or wake-up times on residents. Major changes in a person’s long-held sleep patterns increase the risks of death, sleep...