Omnicare, Justice settle federal anti-discrimination case
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 25, 2018
The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has reached a settlement with long-term care pharmacy provider Omnicare Inc., ending an investigation into whether the company violated an anti-discrimination...
Jury awards $5.2 million to nurse fired after reporting abuse
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 13, 2017
An Illinois nurse who claimed she was fired from her nursing home job after reporting alleged abuse has been awarded $5.2 million by a Livingston County jury.
Reports: Humana-Kindred merger on the table
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 19, 2017
Kindred assets could be divided into separate home care and facility lines.
Skilled nursing operators Ascension and St. Joseph exploring merger to become biggest hospital owner
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 12, 2017
Two major hospital operators with a significant stake in long-term care could combine to create the largest U.S. hospital owner.
Hospice nurses told to overdose patients?
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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.
Many carrying noxious bacteria within
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2017
More than a quarter of skilled nursing facility residents have multidrug-resistant bacteria — including E. coli — lurking within them, Columbia University researchers found.
Court grants rehab provider relief while awaiting Medicare appeals
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2018
A federal court has ruled a healthcare provider can sue to prevent a Medicare contractor from “clawing back” millions of dollars in suspected overpayment, a move that might otherwise send the...
Orianna Health System’s plan to shift more than half its skilled nursing facilities to its landlord may be in trouble.
Former nursing home owner’s ‘every nickel’ possibly at stake with class action ruling
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 14, 2018
A New York judge has cleared the way for residents of a troubled nursing home to pursue a class-action lawsuit against its former owners.
Researchers I.D. barriers to care as Alzheimer’s diagnoses in Latinos explode
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Kimberly Marselas
May 30, 2018
It’s no shock that Alzheimer’s diagnoses are expected to rocket upward over the coming decades — but researchers say one group will bear an unfair share of the burden and may be the least...