AHCA joins lawmakers in drive for greater flexibility dealing with new requirements of participation
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Oct 06, 2017
The American Health Care Association is throwing its weight behind lawmakers’ efforts to convince the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to revise the upcoming requirements of participation...
Wages on the rise for long-term care RNs, LPNs but gender gaps still persist
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Oct 06, 2017
Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses working in long-term care are experiencing pay increases, but some wage gaps still exist between male and female nurses, the results of a new survey show.
CMS: Nursing homes with high antipsychotic rates should aim for a 15% reduction by end of 2019
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Oct 05, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has met its latest goal for antipsychotic reduction in nursing homes, and with it set a new one for under-performing providers: cutting antipsychotic use by...
Bill would create national elder abuse registry
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Oct 05, 2017
Long-term care providers could have an additional tool to screen potential employees and weed out those with past incidents of elder abuse under a bill introduced last week.
Improving SNF staff communication doesn’t help reduce resident falls, study finds
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Oct 04, 2017
A program aimed at improving communication among nursing home staff didn’t help reduce resident falls in facilities, a new study shows.
CEO answers hurricane-hit Puerto Rico nursing home’s call for help with plane full of supplies
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Oct 04, 2017
Last month an employee of a Puerto Rico nursing home appeared in an ABC News interview with a desperate request for anyone who was watching: Don’t let our residents die.
Volunteer threatened SNF administrator with gun during Harvey evacuation
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Oct 03, 2017
One of the volunteers involved in the controversial evacuation of a Texas nursing home following Hurricane Harvey pulled a gun on the facility’s administrator after he resisted their help, according...
Officials don’t fault facility in death of LTC resident who was forgotten in hot van
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Sep 29, 2017
An Illinois care facility wasn’t deficient in the training it provided to two employees who left a resident in a van on a hot day, leading to his death, one state official said this week.
Trump: ‘We’ll see’ if HHS Secretary Price gets fired over use of private jets
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Sep 28, 2017
President Donald Trump is “not happy” with Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., after reports surfaced criticizing his use of private jets for official travels.
Bingo! School girl, 9, raises big bucks for provider with game night
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Sep 27, 2017
An elementary school student from Georgia recently held a game night at her church with a simple goal: To raise $300 for local nursing home residents. In the end, her efforts brought in more than four...