Analysis: Facility deficiencies slip, but resident abuse holds steady
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Haymarket Media
Dec 07, 2005
Nursing home deficiencies causing harm to residents declined from 7% to 6.5% from 2003 to 2004, but patient abuse remained stable at 17% of complaints registered, according to an analysis of the HealthGrades’...
Information technology feature: Record pacing
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James M. Berklan
Nov 30, 2005
Upcoming regulations will drive providers closer toward the establishment of the elusive electronic health record.
News Analysis: Disasters teach again — prep even more
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James M. Berklan
Nov 30, 2005
‘Plan B’ may be the most important tool in planning for catastrophes. If history serves as any guide, there will be many lessons learned about emergency planning in the wake of hurricane season...
St. Rita’s owners stayed to help residents during Katrina, witnesses say
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Haymarket Media
Nov 30, 2005
The owners of St. Rita’s Nursing Home in St. Bernard Parish did not abandon the residents during Hurricane Katrina as was originally believed, according to new details that have emerged about the...
HHS approves Medicaid waiver for Katrina survivors
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Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
The Department of Health and Human Services has reached an agreement with Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco (D) to allow the state to draw from an uncompensated care fund to help pay nursing homes, hospitals,...
Louisiana coroner: Decomposed bodies will complicate prosecution’s case
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Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
A Louisiana coroner said there is a lack of physical evidence of crimes by nursing homes and hospitals following Hurricane Katrina because the bodies were so badly decomposed.
Louisiana provider association appeals to lawmakers in capital
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Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
Leaders of the Louisiana Nursing Home Association are visiting this week with the Louisiana Congressional delegation to request measures that could help facilities cope in the wake of two hurricanes Katrina...
Louisiana attorney general: More arrests likely in facility deaths
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Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
More arrests are likely as a result of investigations into deaths at nursing homes and hospitals in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana attorney general’s office says.
Special News Analysis: Offering relief amid chaos, destruction
By
Liza Berger
Oct 12, 2005
Nursing homes rise to challenges of Hurricane Katrina with long hours, generosity and a dose of determination
Homes evacuate in anticipation of Hurricane Rita
By
Haymarket Media
Sep 22, 2005
Several nursing homes and hospitals began evacuating residents and patients Wednesday as Hurricane Rita gained strength and roared through the Gulf of Mexico, appearing to head for the Texas shore.