Feds release 5 top threats, 10 best practices to help SNFs battle cyber hazards
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 03, 2019
Nursing facilities and other healthcare providers now have “the book” to battle the threat of cyber breaches.
Providers must give entrance fees back to families more quickly under new law
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 21, 2018
Continuing care retirement communities in New Jersey must give funds back to residents’ descendants more quickly after the passage of a new law last week.
Update: Special 11-year-old amasses $244,000 for nursing homes, gets her own day on the calendar
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 10, 2019
When last we checked on Ruby Kate Chitsey, she had collected “only” $50,000 for nursing home residents. My, how things have picked up since then.
Court puts Golden Living back on hot seat over claims that provider used deceptive marketing practices
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Marty Stempniak
Sep 27, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has given its blessing to a lawsuit against a major nursing home chain, alleging that it violated consumer protection laws by engaging in deceptive marketing practices.
Genesis touts rosy third quarter, with uptick in 85-plus occupancy
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Marty Stempniak
Nov 09, 2018
It’s been years since Genesis Healthcare has seen numbers like this.
Execs praised, board accused of meddling as both flee facility where disabled woman gave surprise birth
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 05, 2019
A wave of firings and resignations has hit the troubled Phoenix nursing facility where a patient was raped last year and unexpectedly gave birth in December.
Nursing home reviews security measures after being robbed of narcotics twice in less than a month
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 27, 2018
An Oklahoma nursing home is reviewing its security procedures after thieves targeted it twice in a month to steal narcotics.
State adds nearly $2M to budget to keep residents out of nursing homes
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 25, 2019
Editor’s note: This story had been updated to include a comment from the Georgia Health Care Association. Georgia’s new leader is proposing putting almost $2 million in extra funds for community-based...
Appellate court upholds nursing home’s $1.2 million fine for inadequate dental care
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Marty Stempniak
May 09, 2019
An appellate court has upheld a $1.2 million fine levied against a West Virginia nursing facility that failed to follow through on the extraction of one resident’s teeth.
Ensign Group spinning off non-nursing facility business to give SNF-wary investors a crack at other assets
By
Marty Stempniak
May 08, 2019
Skilled nursing facility operating giant Ensign Group provided more insights Tuesday into why it’s spinning off most of its non-SNF assets into a new and separate company.