Pandemic spurs Trilogy to add discount delivery pharmacy benefit for employees
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 06, 2021
Senior living operator Trilogy Health Services has begun offering its approximately 17,000 employees and their dependents a one-source, full-service discount pharmacy benefit through its proprietary pharmacy,...
Biden’s $400 billion proposal for HCBS won’t address all problems in LTC, expert warns
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Danielle Brown
Apr 05, 2021
The Biden administration’s $400 billion effort to boost home- and community-based services is “ambitious,” but still missing critical pieces towards fully reforming Medicaid’s long-term care coverage,...
Providers look to pack infrastructure bills with Medicaid financing, workforce supports
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 02, 2021
Investments in aging services infrastructure must include a new, $6 billion Provider Relief Fund for those hardest hit by the pandemic, a permanent increase of Medicaid’s Federal Medical Assistance Percentage...
Provider groups call for $15B reform plan
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 01, 2021
The American Health Care Association and LeadingAge have united to propose a registered nurse staffing requirement and enhanced Medicaid funding under a set of new reform measures aimed at improving long-term...
Ask the legal expert: How we can we protect ourselves form unfounded claims of theft or wrongdoing?
By
John Durso
Apr 01, 2021
We’ve had families acting more suspicious of us than usual, with people complaining about allegedly missing resident clothes or belongings. It’s not unexpected, I guess, with family members’ access...
Dementia toolkit for clinicians underscores urgency of early diagnosis
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 31, 2021
A primary care toolkit for brain health assessment and dementia diagnosis has gotten a much-needed update as more research points to the potential for better outcomes with earlier diagnoses, the authors...
Medical liability premiums increase by highest rate in 15 years
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 30, 2021
A national analysis finds liability premiums increased for nearly one-third of healthcare providers in 2020.
Providers say malpractice law would encourage claimants to drag out cases
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 30, 2021
After vetoing a bill that would have allowed lawyers to collect 9% pretrial interest in medical malpractice cases, Illinois’ governor appears poised to give his blessing to a compromise version that...
HHS halts Eli Lilly’s single-drug COVID antibody treatment in U.S.; dual-drug alternative remains in...
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 26, 2021
U.S. distribution of an infusion treatment using bamlanivimab only has been halted due to virus variant concerns, but an alternative antibody cocktail from the drugmaker can still be ordered, according...
Lawmakers’ request would heap more COVID-19 data reporting on LTC providers
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 26, 2021
Nursing homes could soon be required to report their COVID-19 vaccination data to the federal government if a request from a bipartisan group of lawmakers is granted by President Joe Biden’s administration.