Lung cancer treatment should not be withheld for seniors aged 90+ … Poor hand hygiene may be biggest transmitter of superbug E.coli … Apple Watch electrocardiogram may help diagnose heart attack …...
PDPM: Here’s the rub
By
John O'Connor
Nov 14, 2019
If it seems like a lot of skilled nursing facility therapists have been getting laid off, it’s no coincidence. Genesis Healthcare grabbed the early lead in the pink slip parade. The firm let go of about...
PDPM kick-off sparks layoffs
By
John O'Connor
Nov 07, 2019
The Patient Driven Payment Model kicked in Oct. 1, spurring numerous layoffs and rearrangement of therapists around the country. Genesis Rehab said it had laid off 585 of about 10,000 employees, while...
Therapy staff cuts, PDPM will save Genesis $30M, CEO says
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 07, 2019
Genesis Healthcare should see its annual operating costs reduced by $30 million as it focuses more on group and concurrent therapy services under the newly implemented Patient Driven Payment Model, CEO...
Gene therapy improves or reverses age-related disease in mice
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 05, 2019
Three longevity-associated genes dramatically improved or completely reversed multiple age-related diseases in mice, researchers have found.
Genesis announces lease/buy-back agreement for 18 SNFs
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 16, 2019
One of the nation’s top post-acute care providers has entered into a lease agreement that would allow it to buy back 18 skilled nursing facilities it previously leased.
AHCA’s Parkinson pushes for compassionate care; signs three-year contract extension
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 14, 2019
The thousands of examples of compassionate care that providers show residents every day is why the country’s largest nursing home association “will never stop fighting for” them in Washington D.C.,...
Red for stop or green for go?
By
Paul Liistro
Oct 14, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, hoping to provide consumers with more usable information, is employing anachronistic thinking. If agency officials believe the threat of negative branding...
Clinical Briefs for Monday, October 14
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 13, 2019
Nuplazid delays relapses in dementia-related psychosis … Tech startups tackle loneliness among seniors … One-time gene therapy treats age-related cause of blindness … Slower walkers have older brains...
Also in the News for Thursday, Oct. 10
Oct 09, 2019
Regular exercise is beneficial for seniors with heart problems, study finds … Nursing home residents could be targeted in latest Medicare fraud scam … Genesis HealthCare will still operate nursing...