MedPAC’s rate cut plan will harm care, operators: NASL
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 01, 2013
Resident care would suffer if Congress acts on the latest recommendations from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, long-term care advocates say.
CMS ‘secret’ names list sparks protest
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 01, 2008
Federal regulars set off a maelstrom last month by releasing part — but not all — of a list of 128 of the nation’s worst performing nursing homes.
Critical report finds surveys are too soft
By
Liza Berger
Jun 01, 2008
Nursing homes received another quality drubbing last month after the Government Accountability Office revealed that state inspectors often understate deficiencies, including those about malnutrition, bedsores...
Nursing home owners Sal and Mabel Mangano: Not guilty!
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2007
For three weeks, spanning August and September, much of the national nursing home community was glued to goings-on in a place they had never heard of before: St. Francisville, LA. Or at least they should...