When people ask me how I take my coffee, my answer is “Seriously, very seriously!” This is no joke. Just ask my well-trained (and very tolerant) husband, who knows to avoid me until I have...
Advice for nursing homes seeking five stars
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Bardia Anvar
May 23, 2016
Serious concerns about the quality of care in nursing homes had been expressed for decades.
Jury awards family $5.5 million in ‘record-setting’ wrongful death suit
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May 18, 2016
The family of a 77-year-old resident who died while living at a Colorado nursing home received $5.5 million in damages on Friday, in what was believed to be a record-setting verdict.
LPN arrested for falsifying test records about resident’s fall death
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May 17, 2016
A former licensed practical nurse at a Louisiana veterans nursing home was arrested Monday on charges that she falsified records about a resident’s death following a fall.
CMS temporarily stops two-midnight audits
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May 17, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has temporarily halted audits of short-term hospitals admissions under the controversial two-midnight rule.
What can we learn from 1-Star facilities?
By
Ilene Warner-Maron, Ph.D., RN-BC, NHA
May 16, 2016
What are the common themes, if any, in facilities that have a 1-Star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services?
SNFs and cabbies agree that more regs are needed — for the other guy
By
John O'Connor
May 16, 2016
You can gain real insights about your future by examining what the competition is up to. Remarkably, there are still some skilled care operators who don’t see assisted living as the competition....
Don’t we deserve better?
By
Ruta Kadonoff
May 11, 2016
There are people and organizations all over the nation creating living and care environments that clearly show that more is possible than what the DOJ assumes.
Hospice nurses told to overdose patients?
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2016
The owner of a Texas hospice company is being investigated for allegedly encouraging employees to overdose patients and hasten their death to avoid the federal reimbursement cap for hospice stays.
Operators need to make case on managed care, CEO says
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 04, 2016
Providers should be prepared for states with managed care programs to hit their Medicare Part A mix, a long-term care expert warned in April.