Report: Nurse practitioners, docs have similar rates of inappropriate prescribing
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 24, 2023
Doctors and nurses are likely to inappropriately prescribe drugs to older adults at about the same rate regardless of their professional title, a new study finds.
Alleged DNR mix-up death highlights concerns for nursing homes
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 11, 2024
The untimely death of a Connecticut nursing home resident in September was the result of mistakenly applying a roommate’s do-not-resuscitate order, alleges a lawsuit filed by that resident’s daughter...
Drug pricing efforts threaten ‘very existence’ of LTC pharmacies: reps
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 11, 2024
President Biden in his State of the Union address last week vowed to end “Big Pharma’s” grip on prescription drug pricing and cut costs for seniors and taxpayers by another $200 million.
Physician 1.7 percent pay fix fails to account for full cuts to therapists, other SNF providers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 06, 2024
Congressional leaders have agreed to increase physician pay by 1.68% starting next week, but that raise still would not make whole a 3.37% cut initiated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
McKnight’s a finalist in two Jesse H. Neal awards categories
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 19, 2024
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News has been named a finalist in two 2024 Jesse H. Neal Awards categories: Best Commentary and Best News Coverage.
Storm can’t ‘Menace’ the nostalgia of a nursing home drive-in
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 08, 2024
It was a cold winter day, but residents of Heritage Pointe of Fort Wayne, IN, were in for a nostalgic event with a summertime mood. When they were snowed-in from their usual January outing, staff came...
After advising resident on 911 call, a CNA is fired and a nursing home gets sued
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 30, 2023
A certified nursing assistant has sued her former employer, saying she was wrongly fired for disputing a director of nursing’s orders not to help a resident call 911.
Improving the delivery of quality care in behavioral health programs has been a priority for Jessica Fear for more than a quarter of a century. Fear advocates for the use of data to inform and identify...
Senate repeal of nursing home staffing rule has ‘significant chance of passing’
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 11, 2024
Momentum continues to build behind resolutions that would repeal the federal nursing home staffing mandate in both houses of Congress. The Senate repeal now appears likely to pass, according to reporting...
Contracts that limit time that employees have to sue come under fire
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 30, 2024
A state appeals court has rejected a plea from several former nursing home workers to reopen a discrimination case against their employer. But in doing so, it may have increased pressure on Michigan’s...