February 2020

Two months into Phase 3 of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ latest Medicare rules of participation provisions, nursing homes are well-versed in stricter infection control rules around antibiotic...

A close-knit farming community in the Great Plains pulled together to create Burwell CMHC, a unique long-term care showplace.

Lead to Conversion has created a new division to help senior care providers with website, SEO and other marketing tasks.

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum group is acquiring Diplomat Pharmacy in a $300 million deal.

Two new partnerships aim to offer skilled nursing and other post-acute care providers educational and pricing advantages.

Our maintenance crew mops bathrooms and some of our lobby common areas. They post “Caution: wet floor” signs. Are we still liable to a resident or visitor who falls in these areas? Similarly, we clear...

Skilled nursing provider Life Care Centers of America and an affiliate will pay $170,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The federal government is ratcheting up its support for a so-called “conscience rule” that would allow healthcare workers to deny specific care if it conflicts with their religious or moral beliefs.

Nursing home and other healthcare providers in New York started the new year with a 1% Medicaid payment reduction.

The new operators of several new Golden Living nursing homes will be publicly known after a judge ordered the state of Pennsylvania to turn over the nursing home chain’s ownership records.