HCR ManorCare, about to be sold to Quality Care Properties, is folded into second deal with ProMedica,...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 26, 2018
Hospital operator ProMedica and Welltower Inc. are acquiring Quality Care Properties Inc. for nearly $2 billion, the companies announced late Wednesday.
LeadingAge asks CMS to test new model for integrated senior care
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2017
Non-profit association pitches “visionary” community-based approach
Decorated walls and windows warm the soul at New York nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 16, 2018
Upstate New York is known for its beautiful vistas, but inside some private rooms at Betsy Ross Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, residents were stuck staring at empty walls.
Government shutdown could put chokehold on public health
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 19, 2018
It remains unclear how a government shutdown would affect the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services if Congress can’t agree on a bill to send the president by midnight.
Medicare co-pays may be triggering earlier-than-needed SNF discharges
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Kimberly Marselas
May 30, 2019
Skilled nursing providers may be discharging some Medicare patients prematurely just as their financial obligations change, a review of more than 4.5 million stays has found.
Providers critical of Trump budget, which would cut Medicare, kill AHRQ, slash IT agency
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 13, 2018
President Donald Trump has unveiled his spending priorities for 2019, releasing a budget that would eliminate 22 programs and agencies — including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality — and...
$5K settlement for nursing home that declined to admit opioid dependent patient
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 15, 2018
A skilled nursing facility that denied admission to a patient receiving medically assisted treatment for an opioid addiction has settled federal discrimination charges.
Seniors capture memories for seniors
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 19, 2018
School’s out for summer, but Sarina Helmer and Arlene Schmid will always be able to look back on the time they spent together.
Big state budget changes alter nursing homes’ outlook
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 12, 2018
In Missouri, the difference between the coming fiscal year and this time last year couldn’t be more stark.
Skyline’s implosion continues with Pennsylvania takeover
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2018
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has installed temporary management at nine nursing homes owned by Skyline Healthcare, the latest group to fall in the growing collapse of the New Jersey-based operator.