Major hospital group keeps pressure on Congress over nursing home staffing rule … Consumer Voice publishes guide on nursing home retaliation … Fitch predicts ‘deteriorating’ outlook for CCRCs will...
Clinical briefs for Friday, July 12
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 11, 2024
Report: Self-fit OTC hearing aids have similar long-term benefits as audiologist-fit aids … Virtual reality game puts positive spin on gait training … Scent impairments may increase with frailty, study...
Study highlights new type of memory loss often mistaken for Alzhemer’s in older adults
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 17, 2024
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have defined criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that affects the brain’s limbic system and often is mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease.
Also in the News for Monday, July 8, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 05, 2024
New Jersey’s largest hospital system sues HHS over Medicare reimbursement following Chevron ruling … NIH opens trial for nasal COVID vaccine … County board members’ lawsuit halts sale of county...
Also in the News for Tuesday, July 2, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2024
Feds with four agencies object to sale of Lahasky-owned nursing homes … Simple test best to predict hip fracture risk in older adults, new study finds … Prescription medication use on the rise again...
Pushing the boundaries of care and geography: Sun Mar’s changing regional reputation
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 05, 2024
Three years after joining Sun Mar Healthcare, President Josh Kochek is leaning on years of perspective from the other side of the dealmaking table to expand and transform the California brand.
‘Avalanche’ of healthcare, other legal challenges likely with unraveling of regulatory agency authority
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 02, 2024
A trio of high-profile Supreme Court decisions will likely lead to an “avalanche” of new cases challenging the authority of federal health regulators and other agencies, testing judges’ expertise...
Vision Centre Symposium set for June 24-25
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Kimberly Marselas
May 31, 2024
The sixth annual Vision Centre Symposium is scheduled for June 24 and 25 at Indiana University-Indianapolis.
Building a coveted ‘destination workplace’ requires diverse investments, active listening to staff:...
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 27, 2024
Faced with today’s complex array of financial, staffing and regulatory challenges, senior care operators need to rely on a broad range of solutions, a panel of experts said
Providers, I-SNPs primed and ‘pleading’ for greater role in value-based care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 21, 2024
The unrelenting push toward value-based care should compel skilled nursing providers to grab the reins, even after years of regulators failing to invite them more fully into the process.