NY nursing home operator to pay $6.5 million after being busted by an undercover senior
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 14, 2014
A New York-based long-term care company has agreed to a $6.5 million settlement with the state over practices at an adult day care location, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced Tuesday.
Assisted living worker charged over body buried at GA facility
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 13, 2014
A nurse at an assisted living facility in Georgia has been charged with concealing a body that was buried on the property, according to local news reports.
G-Con launches transmissible disease containment POD
Aug 12, 2014
G-Con Manufacturing Inc., which makes cleanroom systems, has launched a transmissible disease containment POD. The POD is 8.5 feet and can be transported by tractor-trailer or its own axle system.
Aide fired after refusing to pray is not entitled to $70,000 award, appeals court rules
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 12, 2014
A Mississippi nursing home did not violate the law by firing an aide who refused to pray the rosary with a resident, according to a recent appeals court ruling that overturned a nearly $70,000 verdict.
EDG Partners invests in MMIS
Aug 06, 2014
Atlanta-based EDG Partners said it was making a growth equity investment in MMIS Inc., a technology company that makes compliance and collaboration software.
Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services has acquired The Sarah Moore Health Care Center Inc., a 32-bed skilled nursing facility in Delaware, OH.
Relias Learning expands market presence
Aug 06, 2014
Relias Learning announced second quarter results for 2014 that reflected expansion in new markets.
Largest US hospital chain to pay $98 million in observation stay case
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 06, 2014
The nation’s largest hospital organization has agreed to a $98 million settlement to resolve charges that it overbilled by admitting individuals as inpatients rather than keeping them under observation,...
AL supply up, SNFs in decline
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
Nursing home inventory is continuing its slow but steady downward trajectory, according to quarterly data released in July by the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry.
Congress grills top judge on appeals jam backlog
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
There is no easy fix to the staggering backlog of Medicare appeals, a government official said during a July 10 Congressional hearing.