Skilled nursing behind much of Next Generation ACOs’ $62M first-year savings
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 29, 2018
Groups of healthcare providers, working to better coordinate care and spending with one another, cut Medicare spending by $62 million in the first year, with much of that coming reduced use of skilled...
Administration mulls move to defang anti kickback rules, seeks comments from providers
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 28, 2018
The Trump Administration is considering ways to ease anti-kickback rules. Device manufacturers and provider groups would welcome such a move, which they claim would help improve care coordination and delivery.
McKnight’s Fall Online Expo returns Sept. 26
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 27, 2018
It’s that time of year. The calendar turning over to September this week means pumpkin spice lattes, football and the McKnight’s Annual Fall Online expo.
Nursing home reviews security measures after being robbed of narcotics twice in less than a month
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 27, 2018
An Oklahoma nursing home is reviewing its security procedures after thieves targeted it twice in a month to steal narcotics.
Nursing home cited for failure to perform resuscitation
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 24, 2018
A Minnesota nursing home has been cited for neglect after four nurses failed to perform CPR on a resident, even though the resident appeared to have been dead for several hours.
Hurricane Harvey nursing home evacuations are back under investigation, state says
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 24, 2018
Investigations have been re-launched into the actions taken by two Texas nursing homes last year in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
LeadingAge reports recommend foreign-born talent as possible solution to staffing crisis
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 23, 2018
As the long-term care field continues to struggle to find talent, looking overseas could be one solution to filling nursing home hiring gaps, according to new research.
Providers must give entrance fees back to families more quickly under new law
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 21, 2018
Continuing care retirement communities in New Jersey must give funds back to residents’ descendants more quickly after the passage of a new law last week.
AARP: Dementia drugs often prescribed long-term without any supporting clinical evidence
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 21, 2018
The majority of elderly dementia patients — about 70% — are placed on long-term courses of drugs to treat the brain disease, despite scant evidence they provide benefits beyond a year.
LeadingAge counters after Senator’s staffing demands
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 21, 2018
A leading industry advocate is firing back, a few days after one U.S. senator demanded changes related to nursing home staffing.