MedPAC mulls bundled payments, changes to therapy cap exceptions process
Mar 13, 2012
The bundling of payments to post-acute providers and an overhaul of the therapy caps exception process were just two of the Medicare changes that the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) floated...
For-profit nursing home chains provide poorer quality of care, study asserts
Nov 30, 2011
Lower levels of nursing staff in large for-profit nursing home chains have resulted in substantially lower quality of care when compared to government-owned or non-profit nursing homes, a new study says.
Virus-destroying face mask to be distributed to nursing homes
Aug 19, 2011
A medical face mask that catches and destroys 99.9% of infectious viruses – and kills them within five minutes – has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The masks have been approved...
