Therapy ‘Armageddon’ predicted; billing minutes to be ‘extinct’ soon?
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Oct 19, 2016
Tracking therapy minutes may become obsolete within the next few years as payment models shift to focus on patient characteristics, experts warned Tuesday.
Poarch Band of Creek Indians opens assisted living facility
Mar 11, 2014
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians has opened an assisted living facility and health clinic in Alabama.
Lakewood to break ground on $64 million expansion
Oct 17, 2017
Lakewood in Richmond, VA, will break ground on a $64 million expansion on Thursday.
Verify payroll totals for rankings: letter
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John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2014
Federal regulators need to collect nursing home staffing data directly from payroll systems rather than from providers themselves, members of the Congressional Seniors Task Force said in a recent letter...
McKnight’s earns four more APEX Awards
Jul 13, 2011
For the second time in four years, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News has captured a Grand Award for overall editorial excellence.
Recall: Duragesic painkilling patches because they leak
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Haymarket Media
Apr 12, 2004
Painkilling Duragesic skin patches have been recalled for a second time by their manufacturer, Janssen Pharmaceutical Products, because some of the patches are leaking. The recall includes five lot numbers:...
Cognitive tests don’t differentiate between Alzheimer’s, vascular dementia, study finds
Jul 09, 2009
Less than 2% of the most common neuropsychological tests can differentiate between Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, according to a recently published report.
Long-term care groups join new pharmacy alliance
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Haymarket Media
Jun 05, 2006
Two major long-term care groups have joined the Pharmacy Quality Alliance, a new government-sponsored initiative to measure and compare performance in healthcare settings.
New York to publicly name providers that billed Medicaid for deceased beneficiaries
Aug 20, 2009
The New York Office of the Medicaid Inspector General plans to identify on its Web site those healthcare providers that have billed Medicaid for services provided to deceased beneficiaries.
TV reporter fired for nursing home stunt
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Haymarket Media
Mar 09, 2007
An Australian television reporter who gave a nursing home resident chains to wear during a broadcast protesting her pending eviction has been fired.