Jewish Home Lifecare won the top award in the Innovator of the Year category in the third annual McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards competition.
No easy solution ahead for LTC funding dilemma
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 15, 2008
The year-end scramble for Medicare and Medicaid dollars ended with a bang — and the usual whimpers from various provider interests. There were winners on one side, losers on the other. And then there...
Lawmakers revisit sprinkler legislation
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 06, 2007
Nearly 1 in 5 nursing homes might find themselves shopping for sprinkler systems as a result of a new push from federal lawmakers.
Health system that spent nursing home pay on its other businesses cleared in False Claims lawsuit
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 19, 2023
A New York healthcare system that invested nursing home reimbursements in other parts of its business is not subject to False Claims Act litigation, a federal court has ruled.
Profile: Christopher Perna
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 06, 2017
A few days before Christmas in 1991, Chris Perna passed out in a work cafeteria and woke up in an emergency room.
State News for October 2014
Oct 01, 2014
ILLINOIS — Gov. Pat Quinn (D) has signed a new law making it easier for people to lodge complaints against nursing homes.
Profile: A rare bird in Congress
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 01, 2014
When Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) was around 4 years old, she asked for a doctor’s kit. But growing up in a working class family in Glen Burnie, MD, the future nurse and Congressman didn’t know...
Whistleblowers driving COVID-19 lawsuits, but that’s not all bad news
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 23, 2021
Whistleblower complaints are the main type of lawsuit against healthcare providers so far this year, but anxious operators don’t necessarily have to worry.
‘Visionary’ founder of Genesis HealthCare dies of long-term illness and coronavirus
By
Liza Berger
Apr 22, 2020
The long-term care community lost a stalwart last weekend, when Michael R. Walker, founder of vast Genesis HealthCare, died from a battle with frontotemporal dementia and complications from the coronavirus.
Wound care feature: Prevent defense
By
Liza Berger
Sep 09, 2005
Better care, better products may prove to be a nursing facility’s best weapons in the long-term fight against wound care expenses.