Anne Tumlinson Analyst, Avalere Health Medicare cost survey
Nexion’s Fran Kirley: Thriving by using culture to recruit workers, oust agency
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 25, 2022
During the pandemic, Nexion Health saw its agency staff costs increase by 12 times its base, from $1 million annually in 2019 to about $12 million each in 2020 and 2021.
Philadelphia nursing home settles $90,000 with government
By
Haymarket Media
May 06, 2004
A Philadelphia nursing home settled $90,000 with the federal government for allegedly fraudulently billing Medicare and Medicaid for treating residents with diabetes. The 92-bed Brinton Manor Nursing Home,...
Health Care REIT acquires HealthLease Properties REIT
Aug 19, 2014
Health Care REIT Inc. agreed to acquire HealthLease Properties REIT , in a transaction valued at $950 million.
This year I promise to…
By
John O'Connor
Jan 03, 2011
It’s very possible that as you are reading this, you have already abandoned those sincere New Year’s promises you made to yourself as 2011 was ringing in. If so, you’re hardly alone.
Society rolls out new educational goodies
Apr 17, 2018
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine just rolled out a slew of new educational tools for pros in the field.
New policy triggers rehab mode change
By
John O'Connor
Mar 01, 2012
Individual therapy services are seeing a huge spike across skilled care settings, according to a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report. The shift seems to reveal how a change in payment rules...
A new kind of rest home: relaxing in the dementia ward
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2010
A new dementia unit at a CCRC in Massachusetts has helped residents feel more relaxed and at home in their surroundings
Study asserts Medicaid is key to physical and financial health
Jul 08, 2011
In the first large-scale study to assess the impact of Medicaid, researchers say they have showed that health insurance for low-income individuals results in their improved physical, mental and financial...
Collins: Patients stuck in ‘medical twilight zone’ from observation stays
By
Holly Petrovich
May 21, 2015
Hospital observation stays leave a Medicare beneficiary in a “medical twilight zone,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said at the Senate Special Committee on Aging committee hearing Wednesday.