Most discharged SNF patients understood instructions but still reported gaps in care coordination … Staffing reforms could be coming for Florida nursing homes … Big jump: 49% of long-term care recipients...
Ambien alternative? FDA approves insomnia drug that improves sleep in seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 01, 2020
New insomnia medication lemborexant compared favorably to an extended release form of Ambien in a late-stage clinical trial.
Profile: Toby Edelman – A determined advocate
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Brett Bakshis
Aug 01, 2010
Toby Edelman, Senior Policy Attorney, Center for Medicare Advocacy
Most assisted living residents need meds help, survey finds
Feb 05, 2008
A new survey of assisted living facilities finds that the vast majority of their residents receive help with their medications from staff members.
Nursing home resident advocacy group reorganizes, changes name
Jun 15, 2010
The National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR), a resident advocacy group, said Monday that it is expanding its advocacy priorities. It also will have a new moniker, The National...
Senators say Medicare, Medicaid changes could help pay for healthcare reform
May 20, 2009
To pay for healthcare reform, lawmakers must consider a number of different options. Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) on Monday released a 41-page outline of financing options, which...
Value-based purchasing will likely continue, expert says
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Feb 05, 2017
Value-based purchasing initiatives and a focus on post-acute partnerships are likely to persist in 2017, despite the possibility of “repeal and replace” of the Affordable Care Act, according...
What to do about the Affordable Care Act, its employer mandate, the topic of McKnight’s July 30...
Jul 15, 2013
Go beyond the basics of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate and hear at a July 30 McKnight’s webcast from a national expert on healthcare reform and policy to understand how it will...
State needs district court approval to reform TennCare, court says
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Haymarket Media
Feb 02, 2005
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) is appealing a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee that said he needs the court’s approval to initiate reforms to the TennCare...
Seniorlink partners with Northeastern
Nov 24, 2015
Seniorlink Inc., the parent company of Caregiver Homes, has partnered with Northeastern University’s Bouve College of Health Sciences to form a dementia program.