State health department rules in favor of family in nursing home camera case
By
May 25, 2017
The Minnesota Department of Health sided with a nursing home resident’s family last week in a closely-watched case involving surveillance cameras in resident rooms.
Additional pulmonary rehab sessions boost survival in COPD post-acute care
By
Alicia Lasek
May 12, 2020
Starting pulmonary rehab within 90 days of hospitalization for COPD has significant survival benefits. More sessions further improve patient outcomes.
Former employees charged in Hurricane Irma nursing home deaths trying to keep video footage private
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 17, 2020
Former Florida nursing home workers on trial for the deaths of 12 residents during Hurricane Irma are looking to block more than 1,000 hours of surveillance footage that was recorded during and after the...
Body’s stress response vital to surviving flu, but there’s a catch
Feb 23, 2010
The body’s response to influenza infection creates a potentially deadly catch-22 situation, recent research has found.
Payment and Policy: Surveyors turn attention to activities guidance: Expert
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 06, 2007
Providers should stay on guard, even if they haven’t yet felt
the heat from 18-month-old activity and psychosocial surveyor guidance.
Women do better post-stroke, researchers say
Jan 04, 2008
Women have a better chance of surviving a stroke and have a tendency to live longer after a stroke than men do, according to a recent report out of Denmark.
Editors’ Blog: A lingering flu season
May 04, 2009
Just when nursing homes thought they had survived another flu season, the swine flu strikes. Who would have thought?
Care coordination, adoption of HIT pushed at tech conference
Jun 19, 2012
Forging partnerships with other providers and adopting health information technology are critical to the survival of long-term care providers, new guidelines recommend.
10% Medicaid increase not enough as wave of nursing home closures continue
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 05, 2019
Nursing home providers in South Dakota are still struggling to survive, despite a Medicaid reimbursement increase approved by state lawmakers last year.
Following the money
By
John O'Connor
Oct 05, 2015
To really understand what is going on in the wacky world of Medicare therapy billing, here’s all you really need to know.