Six years after mandate, most of state’s nursing home residents had POLST forms
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Mar 14, 2022
By 2016, 81% of California’s long-stay residents and 68% of short-stay residents had physician orders for life-sustaining treatment recorded in the MDS.
Medicaid needs reform, not more funding, HHS’ Price tells Senators
By
Jun 09, 2017
Lawmakers should give more consideration to whether federal healthcare programs are effective than how much they cost, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., told lawmakers...
Former SNF mogul ‘sold his patients like cattle,’ jurors told
By
Marty Stempniak
Feb 14, 2019
One of the biggest Medicare fraud cases in history is underway this week as former Miami businessman Philip Esformes is judged by a jury.
President Obama snubs long-term care in State of the Union address
Jan 25, 2012
Despite calls from healthcare groups for President Obama to include long-term care in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, the request appears to have fallen on deaf ears.
Baucus: Shift funding from facilities to home
By
Liza Berger
Dec 01, 2008
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) provoked criticism from the long-term care community last month when he suggested that the next Congress consider policies to “shift the focus” from institutional care...
Sequester cuts are bringing changes to survey process
By
McKnight's Staff
May 01, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will change some nursing home survey procedures in response to budget cuts from sequestration, according to memos released April 9. The CMS Survey & Certification...
More prep for end-of-life care
By
Phil Brahm
Aug 06, 2016
Nearly half of California nursing home residents have engaged in end-of-life planning, according to a new study.
Iowa reforms tort law, nursing home ownership rules
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 30, 2023
Operators are praising once-in-a-generation tort reform and new ownership rules designed to attract “good” nursing home operators as key wins in a bountiful legislative session for the skilled nursing...
Nursing homes’ strong negotiating position with ACOs will not last long, legal expert says
By
McKnight's Staff
May 03, 2013
Skilled nursing facilities that delay joining an Accountable Care Organization will likely be losers in the healthcare marketplace, according to John Durso, a partner at the law firm of Ungaretti & Harris...
Croon a tune to fight dementia
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 01, 2013
Show-tune sing-alongs are an effective form of dementia care, new research suggests.