Medicaid spending creep worries state budget officials
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Haymarket Media
Jul 11, 2005
Many states’ “rainy day” funds were depleted this year by escalating Medicaid costs, according to a just-released Fiscal Survey of States. The program continues to eat larger portions...
As legal obligations mount, another religious group abandons the nursing home business
By
Joe Bush
Dec 02, 2022
Ongoing financial difficulties and a need for money to settle sexual-abuse cases is forcing the Archdiocese of New Orleans to sell its nursing homes and other elder care interests.
Landlord initiates sequence to give HCR ManorCare independent overseer
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Aug 21, 2017
Quality Care Properties has begun the process of appointing an independent receiver to oversee its skilled nursing and assisted living facilities currently operated by HCR ManorCare, the real estate investment...
CMS revises COVID-19 vaccine mandate guidance
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 06, 2022
Workers at skilled nursing and other long-term care facilities that have been suspended or are on extended leave won’t count against the providers as “unvaccinated staff,” according to new updated...
Growing evidence of vaccine efficacy in long-term care fills gap left by COVID drug trials
May 26, 2021
Frail and elderly adults were systematically excluded from COVID vaccine trials. But now there are enough original studies involving long-term care residents to begin understanding how COVID vaccination...
Ready, set, go? LTC bracing for Phase 2
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 06, 2017
Despite a push from the post-acute care industry to delay implementation of Phase 2 requirements of participation guidelines under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, providers at press time...
Cart dumper helps with safety
Sep 07, 2016
Laundry product supplier Tingue has debuted a hydraulic laundry cart dumper to upgrade worker safety and speed productivity in the incoming soil-sort area.
CMS call will discuss NOTICE Act requirements
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 17, 2015
Long-term care providers might want to dial in to a conference call Monday that will discuss requirements of hospitals and other providers under the NOTICE Act.
‘How good are those vaccines now?’ Mixed AARP nursing home report prompts a thorny question
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 15, 2021
A new AARP report shows encouraging trends in COVID-19 cases and vaccinations. But the steady rate of resident deaths raises concerns for the future as vaccine efficacy wanes, analysts say.
Factor in chills, lesser-known symptoms to better detect COVID-19, study shows
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 16, 2021
Factoring four overlooked COVID-19 symptoms into testing efforts significantly improves detection, investigators say.