Editors’ Blog: Joining the healthcare reform discussion
Sep 28, 2009
Last week, senators on the Finance Committee gave a nod to long-term care with several constructive amendments. Providers have been looking for such recognition.
Guest Columns: The dark side of healthcare reform
Jul 28, 2009
If healthcare reform takes place, it could be on the backs of nursing homes, which could lose millions from Medicare and Medicaid funding cuts.
Groups pressure Obama to act on healthcare reform
Nov 12, 2008
Four advocacy groups launched a $1 million advertising blitz on Tuesday urging President-elect Barack Obama to focus on healthcare reform during his first 100 days in office.
Bush backs off Social Security reform
By
Haymarket Media
Oct 06, 2005
President Bush this week appeared to back off from making Social Security reform a top priority. Restraining federal spending, paying for an ongoing war in Iraq and rebuilding the Gulf Coast are more pressing...
Meals on wheels may never be the same
By
John O'Connor
Sep 10, 2014
As facilities struggle to staff, help may soon be available in the form of a meal-delivering robot.
Improper pill splitting can be dangerous, study says
Jan 10, 2011
The practice of splitting tablet forms of medications is a risky technique, Medical News Today reported.
Ohio judge permits healthcare reform suit to proceed to trial, follows similar action taken in Florida...
Nov 29, 2010
An Ohio federal judge recently allowed a lawsuit that challenges the insurance mandate of the healthcare reform law to proceed to trial.
IOM report: Nurses should have more independence, greater role in implementation of healthcare reform
Oct 06, 2010
The Institute of Medicine on Tuesday released a report calling for a larger role for nurses in the delivery of healthcare and in the implementation of healthcare reform.
Healthcare reform bill to delay implementation of RUG-IV until 2011
Mar 23, 2010
The RUG-IV classification system will not start until Oct. 1, 2011, under the new healthcare reform bill.
The BIG Picture: Healthcare reform is coming. So who in LTC cares?
By
John O'Connor
Nov 01, 2009
When the president, Congress, the media and others speculate about healthcare reform, they are not really talking about eldercare services.