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One of the nation’s leading pharmacy companies has agreed to pay $100 million to resolve allegations of false claims and kickbacks in its dealings with long-term care providers. 

Long-term care providers and government agencies need to do more to educate and empower residents and their families about their rights and how to exercise them.

Burnout in nursing home staff has been a hot-button topic for years, but despite the spotlight, providers still need better tactics to diagnose and systematically address the issue in their buildings.

With a deadline to extend current telehealth reimbursement policies fast approaching, a bipartisan group of policy advocates is calling on legislators to make telehealth a permanent fixture of US healthcare...

Medicare fee-for-service use in skilled nursing stayed stable between the end of 2022 and the end of 2023 but still hasn’t returned to pre-COVID levels, according to a new report on the state of the...

As the long-term care sector pushes to build workforce pipelines substantial enough to address severe labor shortages, one group is ramping up efforts to make those pipelines more effective.

Indiana’s transition to Medicaid managed care for long-term supports and services this month was billed as a way to streamline care options and better manage costs for seniors. But some long-term care...

The administration’s plan also has some of the same weaknesses that have hampered states. It relies on underfunded health inspectors for enforcement, lacks explicit penalties for violations, and offers...

Eight months after its passage through the Massachusetts State House, a bill to fund investments in the long-term care workforce and increase state oversight powers appears poised to pass the State Senate. 

Many of nursing homes’ infection prevention and control weaknesses initially exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic still demand additional support and resources, researchers warn in a new JAMDA study.