Ask the nursing expert: How can my department cope with Medicare cuts?
Dec 01, 2011
Anne Marie Barnett, RN, President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
Second annual Hackfest just a week away
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 10, 2014
Final preparations are underway for the second annual LeadingAge Hackfest.The Oct. 18-20 event will pit teams of four to six members against one another in a quest to create a technology-driven tool that...
Ask the legal expert … about “granny cams”
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John Durso
Mar 06, 2015
I know there are state-specific laws, but what can we do generally to keep “granny cams” out of our facility? Seems like the movement to use them is growing.
Politicians pressure auditors to back down, paper claims
By
John Andrews
Feb 01, 2015
The prospects of politician intervention with Medicare audits has sparked some debate over whether elected officials are exerting undue influence, or simply defending providers’ rights against government...
Ask the care expert … about top deficiencies
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Dec 01, 2014
We’re hoping to prep our facilities for quality-improvement efforts. Is there a list of the top deficiencies?
Omnicare off the hook in drug packaging case after Supreme Court passes
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 09, 2014
Long-term care pharmacy Omnicare will not face False Claims Act penalties for drug packaging practices that apparently ran afoul of safety regulations. The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up the...
Medicaid cuts would hurt opioid epidemic efforts, experts tell White House
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 20, 2017
Cuts to Medicaid, whether they are in President Trump’s budget or via the GOP healthcare bill, would hurt efforts to curb opioid addiction, according to attendees at the White House’s first...
Nursing home residents, state officials clash over wild pet duck
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Oct 02, 2015
Residents at a California senior living facility are facing off with state wildlife officials over a wild duck they’ve raised as a pet for the past two years.
Judge orders former nursing home executive to repay $14 million
By
McKnight's Staff
Dec 07, 2012
A well-known former nursing executive must repay the federal government $13.8 million for fraudulent business practices. U.S. District Court Judge Mary M. Lisi handed down the ruling for the misuse of...
Governor: Ample warning prior to Katrina
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Haymarket Media
Aug 29, 2007
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco told a jury Tuesday that she did all she could to warn citizens they should move out of the way of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.