Online followup praised for reducing lingering depression and anxiety, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 10, 2020
Online depression care augments conventional therapy and helps prevent recurring symptoms, say psychologist-researchers.
Taking dementia patients off antipsychotics yields success for researchers
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 17, 2019
Providers were able to significantly reduce and stop antipsychotic use in dementia patients by taking advantage of a different approach, officials announced.
Ask the Legal Expert about … background checks
By
John Durso
Aug 09, 2017
We do background checks on new employees. But now there’s word we’ll be getting sued because a relatively new nurse aide allegedly improperly touched certain residents. How can we avoid a potentially...
Managed care plans need protection from ‘carve-outs’ to ensure services across the continuum,...
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 26, 2014
State “carve-outs” and lack of transparency in rate-setting threaten the ability of managed care plans to support services across the whole continuum, the Medicaid Health Plans of America stated...
Federal authorities are investigating Emeritus’ Medicaid billings, ProPublica reports
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 28, 2014
Federal investigators have been looking into Medicaid billing practices at senior living giant Emeritus Corp. for more than a year. Investigative journalism outlet ProPublica first reported the story Thursday,...
Blockbuster merger will bring Brookdale, Emeritus together, create largest senior living company
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 21, 2014
Brookdale Senior Living and Emeritus Senior Living will merge through a $2.8 billion deal, in a move that Brookdale CEO T. Andrew Smith said will be “transformative for the industry.” The expanded...
CMS wants tighter oversight for Medicare prescriptions
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has seen enough and wants to gain more control over drug-prescribing practices for the Medicare Part D program.
Ask the legal expert: Are CCRC entrance fees protected when it files for bankruptcy or under debt restructuring?
By
John Durso
Jun 01, 2011
John Durso, Esq., Ungaretti & Harris LLP
RUGs revision eases worries
By
Liza Berger
Jun 13, 2005
Providers fearing the worst from Medicare payment refinements were almost pleasantly surprised when they were officially released last month.
Providers cautiously accept new COVID vaccine mandate guidance as SCOTUS hearing nears
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 02, 2022
Many skilled nursing providers continue to pursue full staff vaccination coverage as a federal mandate heads toward the Supreme Court this Friday, their efforts now driven by official enforcement guidance.