Nurses fired for faking glucose results
According to documents filed by the Minnesota Department of Health and reported by the Duluth News Tribune, two…
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Alzheimer’s risk may be reduced with more exercise, study finds
Individuals with higher levels of daily physical activity may have a decreased risk of developing Alzheimer’s, suggests the…
News April 30A 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…
News April 27HHS 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 April 27McKesson 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 April 26Calling 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 April 26CMS final rule requires provider identification verification
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid on Tuesday announced a final rule that aims to ensure that only…
News April 25Health 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 April 25Stronger 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…
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