LeadingAge’s Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) recently released a compilation of 18 member case studies highlighting how providers are Read More »
A rise in reported cases of pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract infections among residents in Pennsylvania nursing homes has compelled the Read More »
Medicare is wasting too much money on reimbursing inappropriately prescribed antipsychotic medications for nursing home residents with dementia, Read More »
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted Wednesday to repeal the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act by a count of Read More »
The largest for-profit U.S. nursing home chains deliver “significantly lower quality of care” than nonprofit and government-owned nursing homes, Read More »
A Kansas nursing home employee admitted this week as part of a plea deal that she had diluted her employer’s morphine solutions after stealing the Read More »
Florida’s former long-term care ombudsman Brian Lee, who was forced out of his job this past February, has added new accusations to his lawsuit Read More »
The Florida Supreme Court last week invalidated nursing home arbitration agreements that limit damages allowed by state law, the Associated Press Read More »
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week pumped $9 million into funding Senior Medicare Patrol programs, a national effort to Read More »
A small group of blood thinners and diabetes medications causes two-thirds of the nearly 100,000 yearly emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug Read More »
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The congressional “super committee” announced Monday its failure to agree on a proposal that would reduce the nation’s deficit by $1.2 trillion, Read More »
Despite viewing electronic prescribing as a safe and efficient tool, physician practices and pharmacies are not utilizing the technology to its full Read More »
Advancements in wound healing, a serious problem in diabetics and the elderly, may soon bear the mark of one of nature’s smaller life forms: the Read More »
The nation's 90-and-older population nearly tripled over the past three decades, reaching 1.9 million in 2010, according to a report by the U.S. Read More »
In the effort to develop an accessible method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, researchers are putting a new “spin” on existing technology—one that Read More »
Addressing the costs associated with avoidable re-hospitalizations of Medicare beneficiaries, the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care Wednesday Read More »
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) yesterday announced that the Obama administration cut improper payments by $17.6 billion dollars in 2011 as Read More »
The National Academy on an Aging Society and Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) released Wednesday the first issue of the Public Policy & Read More »
The Obama administration announced Monday a new grant program that will award up to $1 billion to innovative organizations that hire and train Read More »
The Supreme Court today announced that it would hear one of several cases that have been working their way through the federal court system Read More »
A new report suggests the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) should impose more oversight of health information technology (HIT) vendors. Read More »
Following a months-long public input process, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced this week a plan to reform the state’s Medicaid program through an Read More »
Scientists are reporting development and successful laboratory testing of an electrochemical sensor device that has the potential to measure blood Read More »
You might appreciate an update on a new strategy that I’ve implemented with clients in response to Medicare cuts—and the response from referral Read More »
On Nov. 8, the fourth federal appeals court to hear legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the federal healthcare reform law passed in Read More »
