Fraudsters admit they bought nursing home drugs as part of $60 million scheme, feds announce
By
Tim Mullaney
May 16, 2014
A husband and wife have pleaded guilty to masterminding a sprawling drug diversion scheme that involved reselling nursing home medications, according to federal and state authorities.
NJ suspends admissions at nursing home where 17 bodies were recovered
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 16, 2022
Admissions have been suspended at a beleaguered New Jersey nursing home after a series of state inspections that alleged severe resident abuse and understaffing.
Coronavirus cases skyrocket by 60% in Texas nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 20, 2020
COVID-19 cases are spreading rapidly throughout Texas nursing homes, recent state figures show. The number of nursing home residents in the state who have tested positive for the coronavirus has...
Slavitt’s Town Hall records first fund
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 25, 2018
Town Hall Ventures, a firm led by former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Andy Slavitt, has closed its first fund at $115 million.
Identical names led nursing home to misinform family of resident’s death
By
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.
Older adults who have received J&J need not be concerned: expert
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 20, 2021
Joshua Sharfstein, M.D., vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at Johns Hopkins University, has a message for older adults who have received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine:...
Garden-variety therapy: Operator uses partnership to build green-thumb program for residents
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 17, 2021
A New Jersey-based provider is partnering with a national organization that offers indoor gardening programs for seniors in long-term care, just in time for spring. Springpoint on Wednesday announced...
After 20 years on the market, AbbVie’s dry-eye drug Restasis to be available as generic
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 03, 2022
Dry eyes affect nearly 19% percent of adults aged 75 years and older, according to data from a national survey.
Medicare C-SNP enrollment improves kidney disease outcomes: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 03, 2020
Adults with end-stage renal disease appear to have lower rates of hospitalization and mortality when they enroll in Medicare’s Chronic Condition Special Needs Plans, a new investigation has found.
Risk factors ID’d for conversion from RIS to multiple sclerosis
Oct 18, 2021
For radiologically isolated syndrome, younger age, spinal cord lesions, gadolinium-enhancing lesions at time of index scan tied to increased risk