CMS showing its discomfort with arbitration arrangement
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 05, 2015
Residents should fully understand binding arbitration agreements, and know that they have the option to contact federal, state or local healthcare officials about them, according to a proposed rule from...
Penalty delay for some tags
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 08, 2018
Long-term care providers have 18 months to adapt to some of the Phase 2 requirements of participation without facing penalties, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
Traveling nurse arrested in Georgia in Philly tube-slashing case
By
Haymarket Media
Sep 30, 2004
Authorities apprehended licensed practical nurse Joan Wood Barnes, 53, in Georgia on Tuesday for allegedly slashing the feeding tubes of six nursing home patients in Philadelphia last week.
Ask the legal expert … about gun violence in facilities
By
John Durso
Jun 01, 2013
A resident smuggles a gun into our facility and shoots a worker who, she says, has been treating her harshly or disrespectfully. What’s our recourse?
Nativity statues stolen from Little Sisters of the Poor facility
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Dec 15, 2016
A Rhode Island skilled nursing and senior living facility operated by the Little Sisters of the Poor is asking for the public’s help after statues were stolen from its nativity scene.
‘Nudges’ effective in helping statin-takers stick to their regimen
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 14, 2019
A phone call, email or text successfully prompts statin-takers to fill their first prescription and stick with their medication regimen, say researchers.
Scholarship fund created for families of frontline healthcare workers felled by COVID-19
By
Danielle Brown
May 27, 2021
Family members of frontline healthcare workers who died due to COVID-19 now have an additional support tool for those planning to further their education.
Simpson House chooses energy management company
Nov 24, 2015
Life plan community Simpson House is working with ENER-G Rudox Inc. in conjunction with their partners and clean energy specialists Blue Sky Power and MCFA Global to design a sustainable makeover of its...
Care improvements reduce amputations
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2013
Advances in diabetic foot ulcer treatments are helping reduce lower-extremity amputations, a new study finds. Researchers at the University of Iowa Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation studied...