With insurers on relatively solid footing, experts project LTC rates will stabilize
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 09, 2024
Long-term care providers will likely see their professional liability and property insurance rates climb again this year, but experts at a global financial services firm predict those cost increases will...
Asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers getting tested as nursing homes’ pleas for help intensify
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Danielle Brown
Apr 23, 2020
The nation’s largest nursing home association is once again urging more COVID-19 testing available for long-term care facilities.
Most Florida nursing homes now meet generator requirements, official proclaims
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Danielle Brown
Sep 18, 2019
Four out of every five Florida nursing homes have now installed either permanent or temporary generators to comply with a new law, said the head of Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration.
‘Complete management failure’ led to Hollywood Hills nursing home deaths, CMS official says
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Oct 26, 2017
Recent hurricanes in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico have led to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wanting to boost its emergency preparedness plans nationwide for future natural disasters, an...
This freeze plainly brings you a chilling proposition
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James M. Berklan
May 02, 2011
News that nursing home ratings would be frozen on the federal website for consumer research for six months drew a lot of interest from providers when regulators’ plans were announced this spring....
Point-of-care testing could be ‘biggest advance’ in COVID-19 fight
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Danielle Brown
Aug 10, 2020
The federal government’s point-of-care testing program for nursing homes — outside of a future potential vaccine — could be the “biggest advance” of all in the fight against the coronavirus crisis,...
A federal judge in Florida has determined that a legal case involving more than $1 billion in wrongful death and other judgments against a bankrupt nursing home company can proceed.
Smart Money: Take this to the bank
Sep 01, 2010
Experienced investment advisers can provide more diversification with the investments beyond the local area.
State suspends license, accuses SNF staff of cover-up as facility’s post-Irma death toll rises...
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Sep 22, 2017
Florida officials on Wednesday suspended the license of a nursing home where residents died following Hurricane Irma, claiming staff made late entries to residents’ records in an attempt to alter...
Restoring hope in Puerto Rico
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2018
Three months after Hurricane Maria, many of the workers who care for Puerto Rico’s seniors still don’t have power or running water at home. But day after day, they show up to care for long-term...