Nov 19, 2024 · CMS has issued "significant revisions” to its long-term care surveyor guidance, with changes affecting everything from admission and discharge standards to the use of psychotropic medications ...

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Dec 20, 2024 · Eighteen workers from a Virginia skilled nursing facility have been charged with crimes ranging from neglect to falsifying documents in connection to a resident death, though details remained ...

A comprehensive study of nearly 3 million Medicare beneficiaries investigated how older Americans fared after hospitalization for sepsis before and during the pandemic. The research documents a ...

Jan 3, 2025 · Medicare patients enrolled in an accountable care organization were most likely to be referred to a high-quality nursing home.

LeadingAge has formally asked the incoming presidential team to repeal the federal nursing home staffing mandate adopted by the Biden White House.

Dec 2, 2024 · Most of long-term care’s problems — including impaired access and quality, institutional bias, interminable home-care waits, paid caregiver shortages, and

PACS Group, a Utah-based nursing home operator that has quickly become one of the nation’s largest, filed the required paperwork Wednesday to become a public company.

Dec 6, 2024 · Providers used a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services call Thursday to question officials about new reporting requirements.

Jan 3, 2025 · CMS issues surveyor memo on updated respiratory illness reporting effective Jan. 1; still no provider guidance … Welltower announced significant leadership changes … HHS OCR proposes ...