Medicare Advantage: Plans increased share of prior authorization they rejected in 2022 … 5 people hospitalized for CO exposure at nursing facility … Common oral antibiotics tied to serious skin reactions...
Ask the wound care expert … about moisture-associated skin damage
By
Fatima Naqvi, MD
Jul 23, 2024
What should I know about moisture-associated skin damage?
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, July 23
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 22, 2024
High-risk screening program could spot more dementia cases, study finds … Study: Daily supplements may slow dry macular degeneration … More training on hearing loss needed, report finds … Skin itching,...
As CMS prepares to cut off coverage for advanced wound care products, providers worry about worsening...
Jul 16, 2024
A pending decision on whether Medicare will cover skin substitute grafts could put effective wound care tools out of the reach of too many seniors, an expert in wound care and health economics is warning.
Judge rejects plea deal for former Skyline nursing home owner Schwartz
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2024
A federal judge has rejected the plea deal for a former nursing home operator who admitted his role in a nearly $39 million fraud scheme that led to the financial collapse of dozens of facilities.
Head of collapsed Skyline empire gets another reprieve in federal court
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Nov 07, 2023
The owner of a fast-rising and even faster-falling nursing home empire has been granted a temporary reprieve in federal court.
Owner of defunct Skyline chain pleads guilty in $39M fraud case
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 18, 2024
Joseph Schwartz, former owner of Skyline Management and a 90-plus nursing home empire whose collapse sent patients and workers scrambling in 2019, pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in a $39 million...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 24, 2024
Plea deal may net Schwartz 1 year in prison, $5 million in restitution for Skyline fraud … North Carolina to close highly rated state vets home over costly repair needs … Bill would double the time...
The perpetrators of a $900 million healthcare scam targeted nursing homes and other facilities where seniors lived, looking for Medicare patients whom they could dupe into receiving expensive wound care...
Ask the wounds expert … about wounds with terminal illness
By
Fatima Naqvi, MD
Jun 07, 2024
How do acute and chronic wounds appear with worsening of acute or terminal illness?