Experts: Concerns over Medicare drug benefit for LTC facilities linger
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Haymarket Media
Dec 09, 2004
Healthcare and nursing home advocates continue to express much concern over how nursing home residents will receive prescription drugs under the new Medicare law.
Giving aides a united voice
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Haymarket Media
Nov 29, 2004
Q&A: Lisa Cantrell worked her way up from nursing aide to nursing director but she never forgot her roots. A decade ago, she helped found a national association for aides. She says progress has been made,...
Flu vaccine stolen from nursing home
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Haymarket Media
Nov 22, 2004
The nationwide shortage of flu vaccine has apparently led to criminal behavior. Country Care Inc., an Easton, KS, nursing home, reported nine doses of flu vaccine stolen last week.
Regulatory loophole allows pharmacy companies to resell drugs returned by nursing homes, whistleblowers...
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Haymarket Media
Sep 22, 2004
Whistleblower lawsuits complain that a regulatory loophole allows some pharmacy companies to resell drugs returned by nursing homes and hospitals, and thus billing the government twice. Many of these medications...
Setting a new vision for AHCA
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Haymarket Media
Sep 21, 2004
In his first in-depth interview since becoming president and CEO of the American Health Care Association in July, Hal Daub explains why he took the job and what’s in store for members and other stakeholders....
Provider associations appeal for hurricane assistance, praise helpers
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Haymarket Media
Sep 21, 2004
The presidents of both the American Health Care Association and the American Association of Housing and Services for the Aging praised their Florida members’ efforts at managing the crises left behind...
Hurricane Ivan causes two nursing-home resident deaths, forces authority-led facility evacuation
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Haymarket Media
Sep 20, 2004
At least two nursing home residents died after being moved from their Louisiana facilities and a facility in Mississippi was forced by authorities to evacuate as Hurricane Ivan struck the Gulf Coast.
Storm-ravaged nursing homes should be on electricity priority list, officials say
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Haymarket Media
Sep 15, 2004
Nursing homes currently are not a priority when it comes to power restoration in areas of Florida struck by recent violent storms. However, in the wake of Hurricane Frances, officials say nursing homes...
HHS to aid Florida long-term care providers in the aftermath of Hurricane Frances
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Haymarket Media
Sep 08, 2004
The Department of Health and Human Services has been in contact with Florida health officials and administrators at nursing homes and other health facilities to provide assistance with emergency health...
Florida relaxes nursing home requirements in wake of hurricane
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Haymarket Media
Aug 19, 2004
Florida has permitted some nursing homes to accommodate numbers above the level they are licensed for in the wake of the devastation imparted by Hurricane Charley. Hurricane Charley, the strongest storm...