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The horrific reports of more than 200,000 deaths of nursinghome residents and staff during the Covid-19 pandemic put the nursinghome industry under intense national scrutiny. But not all nursinghomes experienced this level of tragedy and loss.
A new study shows that some nursinghomes are shunting the majority of their profits off of their own books and into less-visible corners of their owners’ pockets. Nursinghomes are hiding their profits by funneling them to “related parties” — companies that share the same owner.
A new federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s new minimum nursinghome staffing rule lays out the worst-case scenario: Hundreds of long-term care facilities forced to downsize or close, tens of thousands of vulnerable seniors displaced, and countless others waiting longer for care.
About one-third of Americans who reach age 65 will need nursinghome care in their lifetimes — which can be a daunting thought if you recall the suffering of residents as the Covid-19 pandemic exposed long-standing problems in nursinghomes.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursinghomes’ abuse of antipsychotic drugs and misdiagnoses of schizophrenia in patients.
The American Health Care Association, which lobbies on behalf of nursinghomes, did not comment on the list of 10 drugs or Medicare’s negotiating power. The Federation of American Hospitals offered no statement.
As a consultant pharmacist, I always try to stay on top of trends to help nursinghomes stay on top of guidelines and best practices. With the help of a student, we reviewed 50 LTC facility surveys and share the findings of the most common 2024 nursinghome survey deficiencies.
Doctors are trained to treat all sorts of patients — whether they’re at the clinic, the hospital or a nursinghome — and respond to the unique needs of rural patients. Like Oyesiku, many graduates end up staying in the South. Read the rest…
days, it estimated, she would be ready to leave her nursinghome. An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances Walter, an 85-year-old Wisconsin woman with a shattered left shoulder and an allergy to pain medicine.
The findings add to an accumulating body of literature underscoring the harm that occurs when financial investors take over health care providers — not only hospitals, but nursinghomes , hospice care , and physician practices.
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UnitedHealth Group, Humana, and CVS Health targeted denials among older adults who were requesting care in nursinghomes, inpatient rehab hospitals, and long-term hospitals.
while three leading wholesalers supply about 90% of medicines to hospitals, clinics, and nursinghomes, among others. Three group purchasing organizations, or GPOs, buy drugs on behalf of most hospitals in the U.S.,
Health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group used secret rules to restrict access to rehabilitation care requested by specific groups of seriously ill patients, including those who lived in nursinghomes or suffered from cognitive impairment, according to internal documents obtained by STAT.
District Court of Minnesota accuses UnitedHealth and its subsidiary, NaviHealth, of using the computer algorithm to “systematically deny claims” of Medicare beneficiaries struggling to recover from debilitating illnesses in nursinghomes. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…
Mississippi has become the latest state to report residents infected with Candida auris, a highly contagious fungus that thrives in hospitals and nursinghomes. It won’t be the last and, without dedicated effort, infections and deaths will continue to pile up. Read the rest…
Before the allegations of neglect, before the lawsuits, before the government investigations, the health care nonprofit InnovAge had a simple mission: Help the sickest and poorest seniors live comfortably in their communities, beyond the confines of nursinghomes and hospitals. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…
At the time, the country was prioritizing high-risk people in high-risk settings, like older Americans in nursinghomes. WASHINGTON — The incarcerated people at Federal Medical Center Devens should have been some of the first to receive the Covid vaccines, back when they first came out in December 2020.
Hospitals and nursinghomes are competing for nurses after strikes across the country showed an empowered cadre of nurses fed up with high provider-to-patient ratios and stagnant wages. Three years after the pandemic upended the health care workforce, hospital staffing is still a top concern for hospital administrators.
The study highlights the ongoing need for health care providers to recommend respiratory illness vaccinations to increase protection among nursinghome residents during the peak season of infection.
” At that point, he was living in a nursinghome and had debilitating symptoms: tremors, difficulty gripping with his hands, and trouble walking. “I signed off on letting them take a little piece of my brain,” he recalled. “I just [was] kind of willing to sign anything to expedite the process, so I did.”
People who are immunocompromised and those who live in nursinghomes were also not included. But the trials for the vaccines, which have been approved for adults 60 and older, included few participants 80 and older. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…
Many of you may be well acquainted with nursinghome payment models – but a short primer can refocus us on important facts or familiarize colleagues newer to the industry. Let’s review how nursinghomes get paid – and especially how that affects how pharmacies get paid for serving their residents. Areas of efficiency?
The post How Can NursingHomes Protect Themselves from COVID-19? Researchers have found that the elderly are particularly susceptible to the COVID-19 virus that caused the epidemic. This is because they often have weaker immune systems, so they can’t fight off a viral infection easily. This new situation puts.
Diagnoses for the disorder have soared in the past decade, driven in part by a loophole in regulations. A new study shows the impact has been more severe for Black Americans.
The US drugmaker is testing the antibody – called LY-CoV555 and developed in collaboration with Canadian biotech AbCellera – in a phase 3 trial to see if it can prevent the spread of the coronavirus among residents and staff in US nursinghomes.
while three leading wholesalers supply about 90% of medicines to hospitals, clinics, and nursinghomes, among others. Three group purchasing organizations, or GPOs, buy drugs on behalf of most hospitals in the U.S.,
Part of a consultant pharmacist job is trying to prevent nursinghome survey deficiencies. The post 2018 Consultant Pharmacy NursingHome Survey Deficiencies appeared first on Med Ed 101. In the video above I break down some examples of deficiencies that have already happened here in 2018.
There are limited data on the efficacy of boosters for preventing infection and death in nursinghome residents, but the findings suggest that boosters may have significantly reduced COVID-19–associated morbidity and mortality in this population.
The data offer a detailed view of how top executives are incentivized, like how stock continues to comprise most of their compensation and how that drives the wide pay disparities between those in charge and those who work on the ground, like nurses, home health aides, and others.
The nursinghome called EMS given the patient’s severe and progressive rash and the fact that the patient was feeling unwell. A day prior to presentation she developed a purple purpuric rash on her lower extremities that gradually progressed up her legs, and was present on her buttocks thighs, and lower legs. She lives alone.
The three-month pilot program involves just 1,000 doses of the medication in seven big cities. It’s not clear how much impact that will have as demand surges.
The US drugmaker is testing the antibody – called LY-CoV555 and developed in collaboration with Canadian biotech AbCellera – in a phase 3 trial to see if it can prevent the spread of the coronavirus among residents and staff in US nursinghomes.
BLAZE-1 is also continuing – looking at bamlanivimab alone and in combination with etesevimab (LY-CoV016) another Lilly antibody targeting SARS-CoV-2 – and the company is also running the BLAZE-2 trial of bamlanivimab as prophylaxis against COVID-19 in nursinghome residents and staff.
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists executive director and CEO explained how staffing struggles in long-term care facilities can be an opportunity for pharmacists to expand the ways they provide support beyond immunizations alone.
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