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Great resource for Culture Change

Added by LTCCareer.com on September 1, 2012 at 1:46pm — No Comments

Accreditation Improves Care in Nursing Homes

Accreditation Improves Care in Nursing Homes

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 16, 2012 at 8:15pm — No Comments

Providers Pleased with CMS Notice on Skilled Nursing Payments

Michael Cowden (202) 898-3165
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
7/26/2012

Washington, DC – The following is a statement from American Health Care Association (AHCA) President & CEO…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on July 28, 2012 at 10:16am — No Comments

Raising Expectations - Rankings by State

A State Scorecard on Long-Term Services and Supports for Older Adults, People with Physical Disabilities,and Family Caregivers

http://www.longtermscorecard.org/

Added by LTCCareer.com on July 19, 2012 at 9:47pm — No Comments

What is wrong with our legal system...

$90 million nursing home verdict called 'a deafening amount'
Defense lawyers want new trial

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Defense attorneys in a $90 million nursing home negligence case asked a circuit judge to grant a new trial or lower the award that they called excessive and unfair.

Ben Bailey, who is representing ManorCare and Heartland…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on July 2, 2012 at 5:18pm — No Comments

AHCA Staves Off Provider Assessment as Student Loan Pay-For

Long term care community must remain vigilant to prevent further threats to this vital funding source, Parkinson says
Claire Navaro (202) 898-6317
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
6/28/2012

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Added by LTCCareer.com on June 29, 2012 at 3:40pm — No Comments

Feds lose $80M looking for Medicaid fraud

GAO: Feds lose $80M looking for Medicaid fraud  

By KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press

Thursday, June 14, 2012 (06-14) 14:58 PDT   Private contractors received $102 million to review Medicaid fraud data, yet had only found about $20 million in overpayments since 2008, according to a new report by the federal government.

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Added by LTCCareer.com on June 16, 2012 at 6:05pm — No Comments

Association Sends Letter to Congress to Oppose Use of Provider Taxes

Association Sends Letter to Congress to Oppose Use of Provider Taxes Tackle Budget Challenges Without Undermining a Key Medicaid Resource, Parkinson Says

Claire Navaro (202) 898-6317 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) today sent a letter to House and Senate leaders urging both chambers to reject a proposal to pay for Stafford student loan subsidies with reductions in the Medicaid provider…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on June 7, 2012 at 5:34pm — No Comments

Best Nursing Homes in California

 

All of the homes shown received 5 stars, the highest overall rating, from the federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  A facility's overall rating is geared to its performance in health inspections, nurse staffing, and medical care. Homes are ranked in tiers according to their star ratings in the three individual areas. Within each tier, the order is…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on June 1, 2012 at 5:26pm — No Comments

After a month in a nursing home, a woman finds beauty in the everyday world

By Diana Michele Yap, Published: May 28

At age 34 and newly in a wheelchair, I lived for a month in a nursing home,  an old brick building near a highway overpass in the Bronx. People sat in their doorways, wearing flowered housedresses and tan pressure…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on May 30, 2012 at 7:28pm — No Comments

Assisted Living Options Grow, Nursing Home Occupancy Declines

 

Released:5/23/2012 1:40 PM EDT Source:Health Behavior News Service

KEY POINTS: * New research reveals an association between an increase in assisted living options and declines in nursing home occupants. * Assisted living, often financed by private resources, offers alternatives to nursing…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on May 28, 2012 at 1:18pm — No Comments

Calif.'s Nursing Homes Face Deep Medicare Payment Cuts

In early 2013, California's skilled nursing facilities could face Medicare  payment cuts totaling $75.9 million -- the largest amount of cuts among all  states -- if Congress fails to overcome an ongoing budget stalemate, according to a recent study commissioned by the Alliance for  Quality Nursing Home Care. Those cuts would come on top of a state…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on May 26, 2012 at 10:55am — No Comments

New Government Data Shows Nursing Home Quality Ratings Improving

Greg Crist 202-898-6333
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Washington, DC New government health data released…
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Added by LTCCareer.com on May 23, 2012 at 3:06pm — No Comments

Green Houses aim to change the face of nursing home care

STATE JOURNAL INVESTIGATION | Part 2 of 2

Viola Marshall, 100, is greeted by her son, Jack Hartman, at a Green House nursing home at Lutheran Homes of Oshkosh. Kindergartners visited the school to color with residents the same day. Green Houses, touted as a…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on May 21, 2012 at 12:01pm — No Comments

Bill for New Nursing Home Model Advances in Senate

The Senate Appropriations Committee will consider a bill (SB 1228), by Sen. Elaine Alquist (D-Santa Clara), that would  establish a licensing category for a new nursing home model, known as the "Green  House Project." The model focuses on creating smaller, home-like facilities with  a maximum of 10 residents.

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Added by LTCCareer.com on May 14, 2012 at 3:25pm — No Comments

Keep Medicaid on Priority List for State Budgets

 
Claire Navaro (202) 898-6317
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
4/13/2012
Washington, DC – According to a new…
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Added by LTCCareer.com on May 11, 2012 at 9:42pm — No Comments

Seniors Fear Nursing Home Cuts

Governor Quinn's attempts to trim the budget could put a strain on senior citizens and nursing homes here in Illinois.


"I love it here, I'm happy here," said Josephine Conrad. She's been living at Heritage Health for about five years. She enjoys it there and considers the staff and residents her family.

 

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Added by LTCCareer.com on May 7, 2012 at 9:46pm — No Comments

Why Nursing-Home Staffing Is Crucial to Health

 

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Added by LTCCareer.com on April 18, 2012 at 3:36pm — No Comments

Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Music

Added by LTCCareer.com on April 11, 2012 at 1:27pm — No Comments

President & CEO Mark Parkinson will be on CNBC's Street Signs tomorrow around 2:30 pm EST.

AHCA/NCAL President & CEO Mark Parkinson will be on CNBC's Street Signs tomorrow around 2:30 pm EST.

Added by LTCCareer.com on April 10, 2012 at 12:17pm — No Comments

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