Newsweek releases 2025 Best Nursing Homes list … Survey finds most patients expect antibiotics for illnesses that don’t need them … At least 14 nursing homes evacuated ahead of Hurricane Helene
Also in the News for Wednesday, Sept. 25
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 24, 2024
OIG calls for increased oversight of remote monitoring in Medicare … H-2B cap already reached for first half of fiscal 2025 … HHS announces $75 million for rural health initiatives, leaving out senior...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Sept. 24
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 23, 2024
Senators demand HHS, all federal agencies establish safeguards against AI … CMS warns Florida of potential fines, corrective action over missing reports … AHCA/NCAL names 54 Future Leaders of Long-Term...
Also in the News for Monday, Sept. 23
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 22, 2024
Mississippi’s nation-leading antipsychotic use raises more questions about nursing home staffing …. CMS updates flu vaccine billing rates … Another man sentenced in fake nursing diploma scheme...
Also in the News for Friday, Sept. 20
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 19, 2024
5-hour training leads to better well-being for healthcare workers … Living in long-term care a risk factor for RSV hospitalization … Behavior-change interventions help seniors with insomnia get to...
Also in the News for Thursday, Sept. 19
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 18, 2024
NHSN reporting requirements to change Sept. 30 … LeadingAge ‘mystified’ that residential care is missing from framework for National Plan on Aging … GAO: Home-based programs administered under...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Sept. 18
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 17, 2024
Democratic lawmakers press Ensign, NHC, Brookdale on increasing exec pay … Historic numbers of American seniors are living alone … Wisconsin county votes to sell its nursing home … When it comes...
Also in the News for Monday, Sept. 16
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 15, 2024
Opioids prescribed by telehealth declined through 2022, even as other remote prescribing increased: JAMA … Employers expect nearly 6% increase in their health insurance costs for 2025 … CMS announces...
Also in the News for Friday, Sept 13
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 12, 2024
EEOC sues Illinois nursing home for sexual harassment, disability discrimination … Lawmakers fail to get millions in ombudsman funds reinstated … Medicare Advantage quality bonus payments to decline,...
Also in the News for Thursday, Sept. 12
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 11, 2024
Judge tosses out verdict that cleared nursing home in resident’s 2020 COVID death … Maine doles out $30M in nursing home supplemental Medicaid payments … 300 stakeholder groups ask administration,...