Blaming prior authorization for “eroding trust between payers and providers,” federal officials said Monday they are evaluating how prior approvals might be better targeted to improve healthcare ...

State study shows its rural nursing homes generate $1.8 billion in economic activity … Antiviral use low among older COVID ...

Individuals who received the shingles vaccine were 46% less likely to report a major adverse cardiac event in the following year, according to a study that will be presented at the American College of ...

A geriatrician-led falls prevention clinic service, including the option of a physiotherapist, generated high returns on investment — demonstrating potential viability as an economically attractive ...

A legal ruling expected any day could lead to permanent changes in how the government handles the kind of False Claim Act cases that have long dog skilled nursing operations.

You may have seen in the long-term care news feeds recently that the company that I work for, Broad River Rehab, and Aegis Therapies, have formed a ...

Providers welcomed the “good news” Monday that the budget for a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services nursing home staffing campaign has more than doubled to reach $200 million.

One of at least 24 states that gave control of institutional long-term care to private insurance companies is walking away ...

Adults hospitalized with sepsis who received timely antibiotics delivery and fluid resuscitation showed higher discharge rates to the home, according to a March study published in Chest.

Care Providers of Minnesota and LeadingAge Minnesota have filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to block the state’s Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board from imposing any existing or new rules.

CMS Administrator Mehmet OZ said Monday that the budget for his agency’s nursing home staffing campaign has more than doubled ...

Individuals with a higher risk of heart disease should ideally start testing for low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol at age 10. Also, everyone should strive for an LDL level below 100. This is ...