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:...
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.
SugarCube debuts for diabetics
Nov 17, 2015
The SugarCube has announced an Indiegogo campaign to help bring its Bluetooth glucose testing kit and app to the market.
Blaze kills 30 people in Russian nursing home
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Haymarket Media
Nov 06, 2007
A fire killed at least 30 people, most or all of them elderly, at a nursing home in Russia this week. It is the third major nursing home fire in the country this year.
Analysis: Facility deficiencies slip, but resident abuse holds steady
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Haymarket Media
Dec 07, 2005
Nursing home deficiencies causing harm to residents declined from 7% to 6.5% from 2003 to 2004, but patient abuse remained stable at 17% of complaints registered, according to an analysis of the HealthGrades’...
Regulatory loophole allows pharmacy companies to resell drugs returned by nursing homes, whistleblowers...
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Haymarket Media
Sep 22, 2004
Whistleblower lawsuits complain that a regulatory loophole allows some pharmacy companies to resell drugs returned by nursing homes and hospitals, and thus billing the government twice. Many of these medications...
Let public have say on sex in SNFs, researchers say
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Oct 07, 2016
Current policies on how intimate relationships should be handled in nursing home settings have “failed” residents and the public alike, according to research published Wednesday.