Ratings galaxies apart: Government’s Nursing Home Compare gravitates toward clinical while Yelp...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 26, 2018
Social media users who rate nursing homes often do so using more service-oriented criteria than government officials, say academic researchers who took a deep look at how Yelp reviews of nursing homes...
Advocacy group calls on CMS to increase Medicare audits, expand review criteria
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2018
The Council for Medicare Integrity this week asked Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to expand efforts to reduce improper Medicare billing as heading off some planned program cuts.
Providers forced to invest $350 million more to keep power running in emergencies
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 13, 2018
Now that Florida has passed a law requiring nursing homes to better prepare for long-term power outages, the bill is coming due.
Researchers I.D. barriers to care as Alzheimer’s diagnoses in Latinos explode
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Kimberly Marselas
May 30, 2018
It’s no shock that Alzheimer’s diagnoses are expected to rocket upward over the coming decades — but researchers say one group will bear an unfair share of the burden and may be the least...
Skyline payroll issues force Kansas to seek its largest-ever nursing home takeover
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 30, 2018
The Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services Tuesday was seeking emergency powers to take over operations at 15 nursing homes operated by New Jersey-based Skyline Health Care.
Senator says new ‘right-to-try’ law is meant to undercut FDA’s authority
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2018
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) wants the Food and Drug Administration to get out of the way of a “right-to-try” signed into law by President Trump last week.
Senator calls for closure of veterans home, site of 13 Legionnaire’s deaths
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 15, 2017
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is calling for the closure of an Illinois Veterans Home, where 13 residents have died of Legionnaire’s disease since 2015.
‘Super’ event for seniors scores big: Village 99ers vs. Groundhogs
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 07, 2018
An Ohio senior-living community scored big with its residents last week, hosting a mock Super Bowl complete with locker-room pep talks, “tackling” and color commentary.
The pressure’s on
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 05, 2016
New skin injury standards may lead to clinical clarity but they also present myriad questions about billing and liability issues for many long-term care providers
Some nursing home staff still waiting for raises two years after state promised them
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 18, 2018
In 2016, Massachusetts approved $35.5 million in public money to supplement pay for low-paid nursing home workers. Some nurses and aides are still waiting for their payday.