June 01, 2017

“The more the merrier” might be apropos for many situations, but a senior’s medication regime is not necessarily one of them. On this page, we present experts’ advice on strategies...

Potentially avoidable hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries have dropped 25% since 2013, according to the “America’s Health Ranking Senior Report” from the United Health Foundation.

Nursing home operators will receive a $390 million Medicare pay increase in fiscal 2018, the Centers for the Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in a rule proposed in late April.

The use of arbitration agreements in nursing homes may be bouncing back after it was banned in last year’s final rule for long-term care providers.

Untimely certifications, missed or incorrectly billed Change of Therapy documentation, and lack of documentation supporting a signed physician order for skilled therapy are among the top reasons facilities...

It’s 3 a.m. and the death last week of a resident who failed despite CPR is still keeping me up. The staff members acted appropriately, but they still appear upset. As the director of nursing services,...

The vast majority of American nurses promote a culture of health in their communities but rarely get credit for their efforts, according to a recent study published in the journal Policy, Politics, & Nursing...

Nurses and doctors may be the healthiest workers in the U.S. labor force. But no field other than firefighters and law enforcement has worse health and eating habits than healthcare aides, 40% of whom...

An Indiana-based healthcare management group has been hit with a class-action lawsuit after one job applicant claimed she was denied a position at the company based on an allegedly false background check...

Employees who were terminated from a California skilled nursing facility one week ahead of a union election must be reinstated and compensated for back pay, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled...