Florida's former nursing home ombudsman, who was ousted in February by new Gov. Rick Scott for reportedly clashing with providers, has filed a Read More »
Fall prevention strategies have been paid a fair amount of scientific attention as of late. Last month, I wrote on this blog about two researchers Read More »
When a resident requires dialysis, it can be an emotional and logistical nightmare. Not only does the resident have the inconvenience and discomfort Read More »
A new study suggests that the relationship between brain shrinkage and memory loss in Alzheimer's disease changes across the age spectrum, especially Read More »
Amid lackluster second quarter economic data and increasing uncertainty about future economic growth, nursing care fundamentals through 2Q11 (and in Read More »
HCR ManorCare Inc. will appeal a recent $91.5 million verdict after a jury found one of its units to be negligent in the care of an 87-year-old woman Read More »
This time last year skilled nursing facilities across the nation were in the throes of gearing up for the implementation of MDS 3.0 in October. Read More »
“Should memory care residents be in private or semi-private rooms?” This is the question I often get asked by architects and owners new to memory Read More »
Hospitals that invest in pressure-redistribution foam mattresses in the emergency department could save money by reducing the frequency of pressure Read More »
Action taken last week by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, which placed all six of its rated issuers in the nursing home sector on watch for Read More »
Federal and state agents with the Office of Inspector General Office of Investigations and Texas Medicaid Fraud Control Unit last week arrested a Read More »
Computers have been a godsend for me. As a quadriplegic, I can do some typing, but a normal keyboard is too large for me to reach all the keys. Read More »
St. Charles, Missouri, was the site of the 2011 annual convention for the Pioneer Network. This was the fourth Pioneer event I have attended; I had Read More »
At the end of July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the “Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Read More »
A group of scientists out of New Jersey say they have developed a blood test that diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease with unprecedented accuracy. The Read More »
Almost 900,000 Medicare beneficiaries who hit the Part D prescription drug “donut hole” this year have already saved an average of $517, or a 50 Read More »
Any automatic 2 percent cut to Medicare as a result of congressional debt negotiations will “disproportionately impact elderly residents and the Read More »
Hubert H. Humphrey, the 38th vice president of our increasingly un-United States, believed some crazy things. One of them was that the moral test of Read More »
Increased competition is a challenge for providers in all segments of the LTC industry. The growth in competition requires that providers communicate Read More »
Older people taking new generation antidepressants are at greater risk of suffering from falls and fractures, among other serious conditions such as Read More »
The U.S. Senate by a vote of 74 to 26 passed a bill Tuesday raising the federal debt ceiling, narrowly averting a government default that would have Read More »
Florida officials applied to the federal government on Monday with an official request to transition the state’s Medicaid program to managed care Read More »
Over the last week or so the temperature each day has been in the 90s and the heat index over 100 degrees. When I was young, I barely noticed these Read More »
Several skilled nursing and senior living chains released Monday preliminary estimates of lost revenue in light of last Friday’s final rule (PDF) Read More »
Medicare will cut skilled nursing facility payments by 11.1 percent, or $3.87 billion, starting October 1, under a corrective proposal the federal Read More »
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports an estimated $48 billion in Medicare improper fee-for-service payments in 2010, representing about Read More »
By 2020, healthcare spending will catapult to $4.6 trillion dollars as projected in a new report from federal actuaries. It predicts that from Read More »
Hiring is often a flip of the coin. In my experience, we strive to hire great people and often they are less than desirable. But every once in a Read More »
