Ziegler ranks stand-alone, non-profit CCRCs by size
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 24, 2013
Erickson Living’s Charlestown campus in Catonsville, MD, is the nation’s largest single-site, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community, according to rankings recently compiled by...
Nursing home hospice provider kept patients in hospice for years, overbilled for their care, prosecutors...
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Tim Mullaney
Jan 28, 2014
An Illinois-based hospice provider overbilled Medicare and Medicaid by inappropriately designating nursing home residents as hospice patients, sometimes for years, according to federal charges announced...
Long-term care facilities approach 80% worker flu vaccination rate after handing power to regional pharmacy,...
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Tim Mullaney
Apr 18, 2014
Fourteen long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania dramatically increased their staff flu vaccination rate by having a regional pharmacy take over the process, according to a report issued Thursday by...
‘Spending down’ for Medicaid is the most practical LTC financing plan for most Americans,...
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 14, 2014
Forgoing long-term care insurance and relying on Medicaid is the smartest financial planning decision for the majority of unmarried Americans, according to investigators at Boston College’s Center...
More deficiencies, fewer registered nurses at nursing homes owned by private equity, researchers find
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Tim Mullaney
Aug 05, 2014
Nursing homes under private equity ownership are cited for more deficiencies and have fewer registered nurses on staff than other for-profit facilities, according to recently published research findings.
Federal court rules $1 billion nursing home case can proceed, ties alleged poor management to IL gubernatorial...
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Tim Mullaney
May 09, 2014
A legal case involving $1 billion in wrongful death and other judgments against a bankrupt nursing home company can proceed, a federal court has ruled. The matter involves private equity firm GTCR, which...
A small team of workers responds best in emergencies, expert says
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 23, 2014
Long-term care providers should consider a “flat” crisis management approach that relies on a core group of staff members, experts advised Wednesday at the LeadingAge annual conference.
Nonprofit providers face alarming market forces, must rally, LeadingAge chairman says
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 22, 2014
Nonprofit long-term care providers must work together to address alarming trends, or their market share could plummet and the sector as a whole could falter, LeadingAge Chairman David Gehm told association...
Congressional lawmakers grill top ALJ on appeals backlog, say too many providers are being put out of...
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Tim Mullaney
Jul 11, 2014
Efforts to root out Medicare fraud have put far too many above-board providers in auditors’ crosshairs, leading to a staggering backlog of appeals that has no easy fix, Congressional lawmakers and...