The long-term care profession wrestles with medication management challenges, including opioid abuse, polypharmacy and overdosing
State News for February 2016
Feb 04, 2016
NEW JERSEY — New Jersey provider organizations are raising concerns over a state bill that would create minimum staffing requirements for certified nursing assistants.
Mainstreet opens transitional care center in Kansas
Jan 26, 2016
Mainstreet® has opened a transitional care center in Olathe, KS, The Healthcare Resort of Olathe.
Mainstreet opens The Springs of Richmond
Jan 20, 2016
Mainstreet® and operator Trilogy Health Services have opened The Springs of Richmond, a Next Generation® development in Richmond, IN.
Post-acute providers call on Washington for regulatory reprieve
By
Jan 15, 2016
Regulatory pressure needs to be lifted from post-acute care facilities before alternative payment models can succeed, providers told legislators on Wednesday.
Design Decisions: A modernized makeover
By
John Andrews
Jan 04, 2016
Lourdes Senior Community updates a 50-year-old facility to better accommodate long- and short-term residents
State News for January 2016
Jan 04, 2016
MINNESOTA — Nearly 600 nursing assistants will be required to retake a certification test due to “suspicious” patterns in the results.
Cutting into costs
By
John Hall
Jan 04, 2016
A look inside the mind of lenders in the wake of a skilled nursing cost comparison report reveals reasons for optimism — and concern
A measure of success
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2016
Technology and analysis prepare skilled nursing facilities and their staffs for Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement programs — and vice versa
SNF chain will pay $600,000 to settle delayed discharge claims
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Dec 17, 2015
A New York nursing home chain has agreed to pay $600,000 to resolve claims that it delayed the discharges of short-term residents at its facilities.