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Therapy is big business today. Facilities can benefit by keeping an eye on the competition, while finding a market niche.

Senators are putting heat on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reject a proposal to lower Medicare reimbursements for long-term care hospitals.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to launch a pay-for-performance demonstration project this year among 200 to 250 nursing homes. While nursing home advocates praised parts of the project,...

A controversial immigration reform bill could help ease the staffing shortage at nursing homes, a major long-term care association asserts.

A proposal by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to cut Medicare payments to long-term care hospitals could lead to a boost in residents at skilled nursing facilities this summer.

Q: How will boomers – 28% of the U.S. population – experience aging differently? A: We (baby boomers) will find ourselves with more free time than we’ve had in our lives. The average...

As Bruce Yarwood prepared to leave his native California 17 years ago for life as a lobbyist with the American Health Care Association in the nation’s capital, a close friend told him to temper expectations...

Fearless forecasts about what to look forward to in five key areas

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) is planning to try again to pass a bill that would extend the enrollment period for the Medicare prescription drug benefit from May 15, 2006, until Dec. 31, 2006.

More skilled nursing facilities are turning to therapy services to bolster their bottom lines. A new rule is nudging providers along.