92-year-old vet donates $1M to help further nursing home care
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 29, 2018
A Washington state assisted living resident is making a sizable donation to one university in the hopes of furthering the field of nursing home care.
Appeals court rules that facility may be liable for residents’ alleged abuse of gay fellow resident
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 29, 2018
A lesbian resident of a skilled care and assisted living home in Illinois can sue the facility for failing to stop her neighbors’ bullying.
Rehab therapy provider agrees to pay $6.1M to settle kickback allegations
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 27, 2018
A Texas-based rehab therapy provider agreed to pay $6.1 million last week to settle federal allegations that it had given kickbacks to nursing homes.
C. diff testing hits ‘ruff’ patch as canine experiment falls short
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 27, 2018
Lead author and physician assistant Maureen Taylor said better results may arise by testing out a larger number of dogs, but she doubts canines will ever be reliable enough to put into regular use in healthcare.
Millennials driven to leadership roles, staffing company survey finds
Aug 22, 2018
AMN Healthcare’s Survey of Millennial Nurses: A Dynamic Influence on the Profession looked at those nurses between ages 19 to 36 when compared to baby boomer nurses or Generation X (ages 37 to 53).
Leakage current option introduced
Aug 14, 2018
Tripp Lite, a manufacturer of power protection, has introduced a Medical Ethernet Isolator designed to close the gap on potentially dangerous leakage current.
Top industry association ‘disappointed’ after IRS leaves skilled care in the cold
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 13, 2018
The nation’s largest skilled nursing trade group expressed “disappointment” Friday that for-profit skilled nursing facilities won’t benefit from the Trump administration’s...
Managed care’s bully act is already wearing thin
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2018
A new study points out that decreasing lengths of stay (LOS), which are compelled largely by managed care and other group entities, are playing havoc with traditional long-term care operations.
Machine learning
By
John Hall
Aug 09, 2018
A fresh era of laundry equipment offers intuitive controls and other innovations
Therapy relief, but also plenty of provider concerns with newly published CMS payment rule
By
Marty Stempniak
Jul 30, 2018
The federal government is delivering relief to therapy providers from a burdensome and long-running rule, but also causing concern for skilled care providers