We’ve been talking about it for months and now the day of reckoning has almost arrived: Election Day is just one week away, and the stakes could be very high for the skilled nursing crowd. The makeup...
Provider claims victory in ‘blockbuster’ battle with state regulators
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 26, 2018
A Maryland skilled care provider has settled a long-running court dispute with state officials, agreeing to halt operations and pay back a small portion of what state regulators had originally sought.
Social media may help ease depression in elderly, even while it’s crushing everyone else’s soul
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 25, 2018
In the face of this deadly opioid epidemic, I’ve seen all sorts of alternative methods floated to help remedy patients’ pain. Be it, laughing gas, yoga, sugar pills or exercise. Now researchers are...
Nurses still can’t get no respect in the news
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 18, 2018
Could it be that things have gotten worse for nurses mentioned in the news? Apparently so.
Supreme Court declines to hear Kindred arbitration case for the second time
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 11, 2018
A dispute between over a Kindred arbitration case has likely come to the end of the road, with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to review the case for a second round.
Skilled care sector could thrive if GOP, Dems split in November elections, chief lobbyist says
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 10, 2018
SAN DIEGO — It’s likely the November election will end in a split, with Democrats taking the House and Republicans holding onto the Senate, and that outcome could prove ideal for the nursing home field.
Nursing home a regular ‘animal house’
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 10, 2018
One Louisiana skilled nursing facility has become a regular animal house, though it’s not populated by frat boys and sorority sisters.
AHCA chief Parkinson: This is our ‘toughest time,’ offers tips to turn the tide
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 09, 2018
SAN DIEGO — The head of the largest long-term and senior care trade group didn’t sugarcoat the current state of affairs Monday. In his 25 years in the field, this might be the most challenging climate...
Grassley joins the chorus of lawmakers demanding answers on nursing home ‘oversight failures’
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Marty Stempniak
Sep 21, 2018
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), a former chairman of the Special Committee on Aging and a long-time nursing home watchdog, has become the latest federal lawmaker to zero in on whether the federal government...
Study cautions SNFs and other stakeholders: Readmissions more likely with for-profit hospitals
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Marty Stempniak
Sep 20, 2018
Patients receiving care at a for-profit hospital are much more likely to be readmitted to that institution than if they received care elsewhere, a new study finds.