Nursing Homes – Medicare Report

How to Fight ‘Scary’ Superbugs? Cooperation — And A Special Soap

April 12, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) Hospitals and nursing homes in California and Illinois are testing a surprisingly simple

April 11, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Every year, nearly 2 million people on Medicare — most of them older

April 10, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Melissa Bailey and JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) When Larry Anders moved into the Bay at Burlington nursing

April 8, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Philip Esformes, who operated a network of more than 30 skilled nursing homes

April 4, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

In a show of bipartisanship, Republicans and Democratic U.S. House of Representatives have promised to work together to find a

April 2, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Anna Gorman for NPR) Hospitals and nursing homes in California and Illinois are testing a surprisingly simple strategy to

March 28, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Older adults and their families often wonder: Where’s the best place to recover

March 19, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

Long-term care experts told lawmakers at a recent Senate hearing that low Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes are hurting

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS made $84 million in improper payments for skilled nursing facility services that

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) The federal government has taken a new step to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions