8+ hour, 38+ min ago  (712+ words) Alarmed by the number of licensed nursing home administrators leaving the sector post-COVID, the Ohio Health Care Association set about creating its own program to train new candidates. "Roughly 60% to 70% of our administrative residency programs are unpaid for six to…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (551+ words) Federal regulators could improve access to Institutional Special Needs Plans "programs proven to lower hospitalizations and aide in chronic disease management "by changing key rules that limit choice among nursing home patients. That's among the takeaways from a new think…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (311+ words) Mc Knight's Long-Term Care News COVID-19 and severe heart attack increase mortality by 25% after one year, more than double prepandemic rates " Research identifies slow-wave sleep activity as regulator for anxiety in older adults " Scientists offer new explanation for the rise…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (301+ words) Mc Knight's Long-Term Care News Having diabetes was linked to changes in blood associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and brain damage in Latino adults, according to an April study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia. The study analyzed data from 6, 264 self-reported Hispanic…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (16+ words) Inside Genesis investors" fight for repayment of nearly $100 M in questionable claims'Mc Knight's Long-Term Care News...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (467+ words) Skilled nursing deals made up more than one-third of publicly announced mergers and acquisitions in the senior care sector last quarter, as independent living and continuing care retirement community deals remained at low levels. Overall, there were 231 public deals in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (465+ words) Nine months after a new fiscal year started, federal officials have yet to sign off on Indiana's Medicaid payment methodology, leaving providers there waiting on $462 million in funding. In Ohio, providers are owed $1 billion in state and federal payments dating…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (269+ words) The study analyzed the plan benefits package and MA enrollment data of 2, 993 plans with reduced cost-sharing for cardiologists across 3, 143 counties from Dec. 31, 2022, to Dec. 31, 2024. MA plans with reduced cost-sharing for cardiologists were defined as having reduced coinsurance, reduced deductible or…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (557+ words) With 37 fewer nursing homes than six years ago and half of providers turning away hospital referrals, Pennsylvania operators are sounding the alarm as the government plans to flat fund long-term care next year. Leading Age Pennsylvania this week published new…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (856+ words) Nursing home operators must fight the dangerous misconception that therapy is no longer a primary driver of success under the Patient Drive Payment Model." That's according to experts who said that even though the six-year-old model has shifted reimbursement focus…...