A new Senate bill seeks to eliminate providers’ ability to bind residents to pre-dispute arbitration agreements.
Rule would eliminate premiums for some Part D enrollees
Jan 14, 2008
A new regulation proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would allow some low-income Medicare beneficiaries, including dual-eligible individuals, to stay in their Medicare prescription...
Nursing home’s own contract language trips up effort to enforce unsigned arbitration agreement, judge...
By
Marty Stempniak
Oct 08, 2018
A Kentucky judge is siding with one resident’s family in a dispute over whether an unsigned arbitration agreement is valid.
More MDS tweaks coming
By
John Hall
Jun 06, 2016
Providers must ensure accuracy of their own internal databases before the latest iteration of the minimum data set, or MDS 3.0, becomes effective October 1, a prominent coding consultant emphasizes.
Poll rates nurses as most honest, ethical profession
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Dec 22, 2015
Nurses have been ranked as the most honest, ethical profession for the fourteenth straight year, a new poll from Gallup has found.
Trial drug improves vision in age-related macular degeneration
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 16, 2019
Patients with “dry” age-related macular degeneration have shown dramatic eyesight improvements in a phase 2 clinical drug trial.
Lawmaker draws criticism for pro-LTC legislation, campaign contributions
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 15, 2018
A GOP candidate for Wisconsin senator is under criticism for accepting campaign contributions from donors who benefitted from her tort reform bill.
McKnight’s wins big in APEX awards
By
Alyssa Salela
Jun 28, 2017
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News has earned a Grand Award and four Awards of Excellence at the 29th annual Awards for Publication Excellence announced Tuesday.
New Point of Sale system announced
Nov 08, 2016
MatrixCare® has debuted MatrixCare Point of Sale, which focuses on payment needs of long-term care communities.
Genesis closes Skilled Healthcare purchase
Feb 03, 2015
Genesis HealthCare completed the acquisition of Skilled Healthcare Group on Monday. The combined company will have a new NYSE ticker symbol (GEN) and operate under the name Genesis Healthcare Inc.