A call for more nurses, fewer antipsychotics in nursing homes
Hundreds of thousands of elderly nursing home residents receive atypical antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes. Many uses are…
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HHS finalizes community-based care rule; promotes home-based demo program
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) yesterday announced two new initiatives to promote home- and…
News Read MoreMcKesson to pay $190 million to resolve false-claims allegations
McKesson Corp., a drug wholesaler and health information technology (HIT) provider, has agreed to pay the U.S. more…
News Read MoreCalling full-court press on Alzheimer’s disease
At a National Alzheimer’s Dinner held on April 25, in Washington, D.C., University of Tennessee Women’s Basketball Head…
News Read MoreCMS final rule requires provider identification verification
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid on Tuesday announced a final rule that aims to ensure that only…
News Read MoreHealth reform cuts Medicare fraud and abuse
A new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) describes how new Medicare provider enrollment screening technology and…
News Read MoreStronger safety cultures prevail in accredited SNFs, study shows
Accredited nursing homes have stronger resident safety cultures than non-accredited homes as reported by in a study and…
News Read MoreCMS forecasts near-term Medicare funding stability, long-term insolvency
The Affordable Care Act is projected to save Medicare more than $200 billion through 2016, according to The…
News Read MoreSNF awarded for reducing falls 53% in 2011
A falls management program at The Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation (CNR), Brooklyn, N.Y., resulted in a 53…
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