​The bill would give employers a heightened ability to screen potential employees for a history of behavior that might endanger seniors.

The tax break would help 4.4 million Americans who bear especially high medical costs, the letter says.

People in long term care facilities wearing hip protectors are less likely to incur hip fractures, a new study reports.

Tennessee has formally asked the Trump administration to allow the state to turn its TennCare Medicaid program into a block grant funding model.

AMDA recommends against implementing SED by AD in residents who still accept food and fluids.

AHCA continues to make recommendations to Congress to improve care and prevent abuse and neglect in nursing centers.

Two new studies said Medicare beneficiaries with a serious illness are finding it difficult to pay their medical bills even with support from the government-funded program.

The key message to staff was that resources would continue to be available to provide quality care and smooth operations, a representative says.

As interest continues to grow among LT/PAC providers in the I-SNP sector, so does the need for information geared specifically to skilled nursing and assisted living operators.

The final rule affects services furnished by physicians, therapists, and other suppliers of Medicare Part B services.

In the assisted living space, occupancy increased to 85.4 percent in the third quarter, as relatively robust demand outpaced new inventory growth, NIC reports.

Meals-to-Go, a program to ensure patients who are discharged home from SNFs have enough food to eat, has been a huge success.

Nursing center residents who have behavioral health disorders have a significantly higher risk of potentially unavoidable hospital admissions, a new study says.

CMS wants to ensure that state survey inspectors are adequately determining SNF compliance with federal regulations.

The two new board chairs are leaders from Georgia and Nebraska.

Association board extends tenure of AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Mark Parkinson.

Group leader also said using the Five-Star Rating System to punish facilities by reassigning stars for not following one or two specific CMS regulations undermines the system.

More than half of states reported changes to their assisted living requirements for the second year in a row, highlighting a possible trend.

Advocates for skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities said changes to the current funding system need to meet certain requirements.

The rule requires a seamless exchange of patient information between health care settings, ensuring that patients’ health care information follows them after discharge from a hospital or PAC provider.

A new act would allow SNFs that have been forced to suspend in-house CNA education programs due to receiving a certain level of penalties to resume those programs once quality standards are met.

Banning arbitration agreements would eliminate a fair and efficient legal remedy that provides benefits to patients and providers, says AHCA.