CMS is continuing its push to remove inpatient-only status from most surgical procedures, a move that has raised concerns ...

Another state is battling back against managed Medicaid organizations that providers say too often slow roll patient ...

A rule currently under review promises to “enhance direct patient care by modernizing the Conditions of Participation ...

Some 56% of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) managed from home were due to previous hospitalizations, while a total of ...

A federal appeals court this week upheld the conviction of two Pennsylvania nursing homes accused of defrauding Medicare and ...

Diminishing nursing home supply and an increasing dementia population will demand major policy shifts — and soon — warns a ...

Provisions proposed in the 2027 Home Health payment rule would give the agency the right to revoke enrollment in the Medicare ...

As a third-year internal medicine resident in 1988, I studied every person over 65 who entered our hospital emergency room ...

End-of-life (EOL) care use declined among older European adults following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and, during this ...

Nursing homes care for some of the nation’s most medically and socially complex older adults while simultaneously navigating ...

In skilled nursing, staffing shortages are often cited as the primary constraint on care delivery. However, documentation ...

NY fines nursing homes $4.1M for staffing violations … Reducing prior authorization rates could improve beneficiary retention ...