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Harmony Manor nursing home achieves Medicare's highest rating - Silver Pinyon Journal

2010-03-10
Harmony Manor nursing home achieves Medicare's highest ratingSilver Pinyon JournalThen click on “Find Nursing Homes.” For more information on Harmony Manor, Humboldt General Hospital's long-term care facility, please call Humboldt General ...

Vision,Faith and Competency are Key to Economic Recovery, Part 1 - Albany Times Union (blog)

2010-03-09
Vision,Faith and Competency are Key to Economic Recovery, Part 1Albany Times Union (blog)Please God for the hundreds of people we let get shipped out of our County for skilled nursing facility care, the poor and taxpayers, we all will do better. ...and more »

Skilled Healthcare Announces Resignation of Kelly Gill as Executive Vice President - MarketWatch (press release)

2010-03-05
Skilled Healthcare Announces Resignation of Kelly Gill as Executive Vice PresidentMarketWatch (press release)Skilled Healthcare and its wholly owned companies, collectively referred to as the "Company," operate long-term care facilities and provide a wide range of ...Advocat Announces New Chief Operating OfficerCNNMoney.com (press release)Advocat names new COONashville Business Journalall 23 news articles »

The Strengths of the Senate Health Reform Bill - Center For American Progress

2010-03-10
Center For American ProgressThe Strengths of the Senate Health Reform BillCenter For American ProgressThe Senate bill also strengthens the Medicare Part A Trust Fund, which covers the cost of inpatient care in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, ...and more »

Tax us to help us - Baltimore Sun

2010-03-07
Tax us to help usBaltimore SunThe state of long-term care in Maryland is strong, but it faces significant challenges. That's why the majority of nursing homes in Maryland ...and more »

VHA Inc. and Tidewater GPO Initiate Strategic Sourcing Relationship - MarketWatch (press release)

2010-03-08
VHA Inc. and Tidewater GPO Initiate Strategic Sourcing RelationshipMarketWatch (press release)"Tidewater has a deep understanding of the long-term care market, which is growing rapidly as the baby boom generation approaches retirement age. ...and more »

House of Good Shepherd in Hackettstown names assistant director of nursing - Warren Reporter

2010-03-09
Warren ReporterHouse of Good Shepherd in Hackettstown names assistant director of nursingWarren Reporter... honored as the MDS/Skilled Nursing Unit Coordinator of the year by the New Jersey Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care. ...

Hawaii Gov. Lingle releases $7.6 million to improve 2 Hawaii state hospitals - CanadianBusiness.com

2010-03-10
Hawaii Gov. Lingle releases $7.6 million to improve 2 Hawaii state hospitalsCanadianBusiness.com... pay for the design and construction of a new roof on the main building of the Maluhia Hospital, a long-term care and skilled nursing center on Oahu. ...

Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Automates and Outsources ...

2010-03-10
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Medicare Update: CMS to Host Skilled Nursing Facility/Long-Term ...

2010-03-03
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it will hold the next Skilled Nursing Facility/Long-Term Care Open Door Forum at 2:00 pm (ET) on March 11, 2010. To participate by telephone, one must dial ...

Massachusetts Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Accuses Kingston ...

2010-03-09
Helen T. Van Dale was a patient at Wingate's Silver Lake Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Residence in Kingston in 2007 when she hit her head during a fall accident. The 92-year-old nursing home resident died within 24 hours. Now, in an attempt to hold the ... Hammond contends that during the five weeks her mother stayed at the Kingston long-term care facility, her health declined because the nursing home staff failed to diagnose that she was suffering from a UTI. ...

Vision,Faith and Competency are Key to Economic Recovery, Part 1 ...

2010-03-08
Mr. Rodat, who may have a conflict of interest in recommending elimination of long term skilled nursing home beds, continually complains about a budget deficit that his management team is responsible for, due to the mismanagement of the Albany County Nursing Home. ... *The $110 million cumulative revenue shortfall under the Breslin Administration from 2002-2008 at the Albany County Health Care Facility are audited figures that even the Budget Director understands. ...

Senior Care Advice: Medicare case-mix likely to become more ...

2010-03-10
Panel issues catheter guidelines for physicians in long-term care facilities, hospitals. A panel of infection control experts has issued a new set of guidelines governing catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ... The National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC) announced that there are now over 600 industry operators, financiers, association heads and government representatives in the skilled nursing sector currently registered for ...

Medicare Part A: What Does It Cover?: Coverage Includes ...

2010-03-03
Medicare Part A covers most necessary services in the hospital, although beneficiaries will pay a deductible. The program also pays for skilled nursing facility care. ... In other words, Medicare will not pay for stays at a nursing facility if the patient is admitted to that facility directly, without going to a hospital first. This prevents Medicare from paying for long-term care for people whose medical condition is not critical enough to require hospitalization. ...

Welcome to HealthCare REPAIR « Health Care Repair

2010-03-09
The only recourse is to be wealthy (or lucky enough to be among the small minority who have an expensive long-term care policy) or be destitute, in a nursing home as a ward of the state. Why are the long-term needs of so many ignored? ...

Absolute Zero United cyber-terrorists EXPOSED: Choking to death on ...

2010-03-10
Even though a court declared Heverin "a disabled person" who was "unable to act in his own best interest," health and social service officials refused to place him in state-run long-term care facility. ... Kristopher Starr, an attorney appointed as a fact-finder in Heverin's guardianship case, submitted a report earlier this month excoriating state officials for refusing to place Heverin in a skilled nursing facility, at least not until he is "bedridden. ...

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2010-03-05
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CMS to Host Skilled Nursing Facility/Long-Term Care Open Door Forum http://ping.fm/5RwHZ

2010-03-04
CMS to Host Skilled Nursing Facility/Long-Term Care Open Door Forum http://ping.fm/5RwHZ

New Blog Post: CMS to Host Skilled Nursing Facility/Long-Term Care Open Door Forum. http://bit.ly/cOVy5S

2010-03-03
New Blog Post: CMS to Host Skilled Nursing Facility/Long-Term Care Open Door Forum. http://bit.ly/cOVy5S

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2010-03-02
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2010-03-02
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