Nursing home sent records to chicken farm for destruction: report
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Sep 30, 2015
A Canadian nursing home is facing scrutiny for what officials say is a bird-brained plan for destroying resident records: sending them to a chicken farm.
Maryland provider wins Gold in Tech Awards Dignity category
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Sep 29, 2015
Charles E. Smith Life Communities won the Gold Award in the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards in the Dignity category for its use of this interactive memory care.
300 million seniors excluded from long-term care
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Sep 29, 2015
More than half of the world’s population of adults over the age of 65, around 300 million people, aren’t able to receive the critical long-term care they need, according to a new report from...
Pre-dispute arbitration clauses should be banned, senators say
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Sep 25, 2015
Arbitration clauses inserted into nursing home admission contracts do not adequately protect residents’ rights, and should be outright banned, senators urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Insurers tell skeptical Senators mega-mergers will help
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Sep 24, 2015
Massive insurance company mergers will help the healthcare industry move toward value-based pay, CEOs of two insurance companies on the brink of acquisition deals testified during a Senate Judiciary Committee...
HHS needs to better justify two-midnight cuts, court rules
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Sep 24, 2015
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must rethink a section of the controversial two-midnight rule that would cut 0.2% from inpatient payments to hospitals, a federal judge ruled this week.
Court: Federal Nursing Home Act doesn’t create private rights
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Sep 23, 2015
The family of a nursing home resident who died of injuries sustained in a fall can’t invoke the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act when seeking damages, a court has ruled.
Lawmakers seek to ‘modernize’ Medicaid
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Sep 22, 2015
After taking aim at “loopholes” and vulnerabilities in Medicaid, lawmakers have turned their attention to legislation designed to improve the program for beneficiaries.
CCRCs prove unshakable for third straight year
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Sep 21, 2015
Continuing care retirement communities continue a stable rating outlook for the end of this year and through 2016, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings.
CMS: Nursing homes should start submitting staffing data in two weeks
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Sep 18, 2015
Skilled nursing facilities should start submitting electronic staffing data Oct. 1 for the best results, federal officials said during a SNF Open Door Forum conference call Thursday.