BREAKING: Health exchanges: Holdout states get last-minute reprieve

Last night, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius extended the declaration deadline for state decisions on health…

Senior care planning takes a woman’s touch, men better at LTC’s financial aspects

When it comes to long-term care planning, it takes a village—or at least the input of both men…

November/December 2012 CE Test

Continuing Education Test #179 Based on Long-Term Living November/December 2012How to Use the ACHCA Continuing Education Test

SNFs erred on 25% of claims in 2009; $1.5 billion in overpayments

One-quarter of skilled nursing facility claims in 2009 contained errors, resulting in $1.5 billion in “inappropriate Medicare payments,”…

Brookdale mulls restructuring options amid Medicare reductions

Brookdale Senior Living, one of the country’s most diverse long-term care companies, is considering several financial options to…

T01 Lambeth House

T01 Lambeth HouseA not-for-profit continuing care retirement community (CCRC), Lambeth House was the first CCRC in New Orleans…

T02 Belleville Assisted Living

T03 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, MS

For more than a century and a half, military veterans have enjoyed the finest lifestyles in retirement homes…

Piercing the corporate veil: Strategies to reduce corporate negligence claims in LTC lawsuits

Nursing home and assisted living operators are seeing a marked increase in “piercing the corporate veil” theories and…