Survey lists nation’s best, worst states for nursing home care
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 04, 2019
A new analysis of Medicare data ranks the nation’s best states for nursing home care, according to organizers, and the last one to the party appears to have won the race.
Remorseful nurses spared jail, get probation in alarm-fatigue death
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 29, 2019
Three former nursing home employees will not have to serve time in jail stemming from a resident’s alarm-fatigue related death.
‘This could have been a nightmare’ — evacuation plan succeeds during LTC facility’s gas disaster
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 28, 2019
A Rhode Island provider is thanking its lucky stars that it had practiced evacuation drills after a recent loss of heat forced the facility to activate an emergency plan.
Nursing home stakeholders fire back at Medicare ‘drifting toward disaster’ claims
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 18, 2019
Provider advocates came out swinging Thursday over a McKnight’s story relaying a former government official’s claims that nursing homes share the blame in Medicare’s alleged “drifting toward disaster.”
Former HHS chief: Nursing homes playing a part in Medicare ‘drifting toward disaster’
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 17, 2019
A former secretary of Health and Human Services and Utah governor believes Medicare is “drifting toward disaster,” requiring immediate attention from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
Auditor finds home healthcare changes meant to decrease SNF costs saved far less than predicted
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 10, 2019
Controversial changes to a Missouri program that were aimed at keeping patients out of nursing homes have resulted in tens of millions of dollars less in savings than lawmakers had foreseen.
Harvard study: Medicare’s bundled payment effort for joints tallies modest savings, driven by drops...
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 04, 2019
Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model has scored small savings for hospitals and their patients through decreasing the use of skilled nursing facility services, a new report finds.
What nursing homes can learn from a ‘troubling’ court decision on sexual consent
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 18, 2018
Navigating the nuances of nursing home resident sexual encounters has to be an extremely difficult proposition for administrators, and things just got a little thornier after a recent court ruling. The...
Company helps nursing home residents go home for the holidays
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Marty Stempniak
Nov 28, 2018
Healthcare transport company American Medical Response helped nursing home residents across the country go home to their families for Thanksgiving last week.
Long-term care financing reform may be on tap for new Congress, aging expert says
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 27, 2018
House Democrats, flush with victory from the midterm elections, may explore financing reform in long-term care, a prominent Forbes columnist said Monday.