Three former Alabama nursing home employees each pleaded guilty to one count of attempted elder abuse related to an incident when they allowed an elderly patient to be bitten by ants while left unattended for 11 hours, according to a…
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Renaissance Memory Center in Castle Rock, Colo., was forced to relocate nine patients after the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued an emergency license suspension, according to a KDVR report.
Florissant, Mo.-based St. Sophia Health and Rehabilitation Center has lost its Medicare and Medicaid funding after CMS investigators linked a recent patient death to quality deficiencies observed at the facility during an inspection on Sept. 28, according to an Oct.…
The Tennessee health commissioner suspended admissions at Memphis, Tenn.-based Ashton Place Health and Rehabilitation Center and imposed a record $50,000 fine after an investigation revealed widespread neglect that resulted in patient harm, according to the Commercial Appeal.
The national median cost for home health services is $47,934 per year, according to Genworth Financial's annual survey.
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Eighty-six percent of long-term care administrators indicated they do not electronically exchange health information with referring hospitals, physicians or home health providers, according to a Black Book survey.
Kennett Square, Pa.-based Genesis Healthcare, one of the largest nursing home operators in the nation, warned Nov. 8 that it may have to file for bankruptcy protection without support from creditors, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Thornberry ranked as the No. 1 IT vendor for the home-care setting, according to a KLAS Research report.
A research team from the University of Missouri-Columbia examined nurses' abilities with regard to identifying medication order issues at nursing homes.
Cincinnati-based Chemed Corporation and its subsidiaries, Vitas Hospice Services and Vitas Healthcare Corporation, have agreed to pay a $75 million settlement for allegedly submitting false hospice service claims to Medicare.