Meet Phil Cyr, 2023 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Setting the Standard’ honoree
By
Kimberly Hartley
May 08, 2023
Phil Cyr was only in high school when his father Albert, a potato farmer, opened the Caribou Nursing Home in 1973 and began building a family dynasty of long-term care facilities in Maine.
AHCA/NCAL, 15 other groups pressure HHS to extend public health emergency
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 12, 2022
Sixteen national organizations were thinking of fall and the flu Tuesday when they asked HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to extend the public health emergency related to COVID-19.
Providers seek extension of 2% Medicare sequester cut relief through 2021
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 23, 2020
Four of the nation’s top provider groups representing long-term care, home health and hospitals are calling on Congress to extend a moratorium on the 2% Medicare sequester cuts into 2021 and for the...
Proposed final rules show feds ‘getting serious’ about patient access to health data: experts
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 10, 2020
Two new final rules proposed by the Trump administration should serve as a warning to providers that the federal government “is serious” about ensuring patients and residents have access to their health...
Meet Kathryn Roberts, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Mallory Hackett
Jul 18, 2019
Kathryn Roberts is committed to creating a more age-friendly world.
Minnix bids farewell
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 04, 2015
LeadingAge luminaries and past board chairmen such as Win Marshall, Audrey Weiner, Mary Alice Ryan and David Gehm weighed in onLarry Minnix’s accomplishments from establishing the Center for Aging...
In search of the right stuff
By
John O'Connor
Feb 08, 2008
My deficiencies involving most things mechanical have provided family and friends with countless hours of entertainment.
Skilled nursing leader’s Medicare exclusion upheld after 3 avoidable deaths due to short staffing
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 05, 2023
A federal judge rejected a skilled nursing executive’s appeal to overturn his 15-year exclusion from Medicare, ruling that his staffing decisions were a “straightforward” obstacle to routine checks...
BREAKING: RN in insulin killing case charged in 17 other nursing home deaths
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 03, 2023
Heather Pressdee, 41, is accused of wrongly administering insulin to patients, often in extremely high doses, and often to patients who were not diabetic. In total, state prosecutors said Thursday, 17...
Nursing home hit with $150K fine after COVID-positive employee returns too soon
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2023
A county-owned nursing home was fined more than $150,000 by CMS after allowing a staff member who tested positive for COVID to return to work before their required quarantine period ended.