National HealthCare appoints CEO Adams’ brother as president
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Haymarket Media
Apr 23, 2004
National HealthCare Corporation has appointed Robert Adams, brother of Chief Executive Andy Adams, as president of the Murfreesboro, TN-based healthcare company. He will continue also as chief operating...
Extra drug benefits offered for low-income Medicare beneficiaries
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Haymarket Media
Apr 16, 2004
Drug companies are sweetening the pot for some low-income seniors when it comes to the new Medicare drug discount program set to begin in June. Novartis was the latest to announce, saying Wednesday it...
Organizations refine seniors housing terms
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Haymarket Media
Apr 15, 2004
“Congregate care” no longer exists as a classification for seniors housing, according to the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industries (NIC) and the American Seniors...
Investigators rule out electrical bed as source of deadly fire
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Haymarket Media
Mar 25, 2004
Investigators analyzing causes of the fire at a Nashville nursing home that killed 15 residents last December ruled out the suspected electric bed Wednesday. All mechanical and electrical components of...
Advocat reports modest fourth-quarter earnings
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Haymarket Media
Mar 24, 2004
Advocat Inc. reported fourth quarter net income of $2.47 million, compared with a $6.5 million loss in the year-earlier quarter. The company showed fourth-quarter revenues of $52.5 million, compared with...
Drug services under scrutiny
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 22, 2004
As long-term care facilities continue to grapple with controlling the escalating costs of medications for residents, some are finding that drug formularies provide mixed results.
Report: Reverse mortgages may not be the answer for long-term care
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Haymarket Media
Mar 19, 2004
Linking reverse mortgages with long-term care insurance may not be the answer to solve financial crises, a new report released by Health Strategies, Inc. says.
House subcommittee investigates bribe charges in Medicare bill
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Haymarket Media
Mar 19, 2004
The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has said it will establish a subcommittee to investigate allegations that Rep. Nick Smith (R-MI) was offered a bribe to vote for last year’s Medicare...
Overlooked charges add up
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Julie Williamson
Mar 09, 2004
With the ongoing concern over limited long-term care resources and dwindling budgets, providers can’t afford to overlook opportunities to maximize reimbursement. Nonetheless, reimbursement specialists...
Glare hits wander monitors
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James M. Berklan
Mar 09, 2004
Facilities risk harm to residents, costly lawsuits, lack of insurance coverage and bad publicity with insufficient wandering monitoring systems