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Long-term care experts Monday launched a collaboration to develop and test action plans based on the report’s recommendations.

Long-term care staff and half of all US states should start preparing for extensive changes to the Minimum Data Set, resident assessment experts say.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services surprised nursing home operators Friday by quietly posting a draft of updated MDS specifications.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of frailty in the context of atrial fibrillation (AF); to identify the most commonly used frailty instruments in AF; and to describe the effect of frailty on non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC) prescription for stroke prevention in adults with AF. Methods: A systematic search of databases, including Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and CINAHL, was conducted using search terms including “atri...

This study assesses health and quality of life outcomes among long-term residents of skilled nursing facilities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic before v

The following is a summary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country.

The following is a summary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country....

Nursing homes underreported the number of pressure injuries by as much as 40%, and researchers behind that finding are pushing to minimize self-reporting

PITTSBURGH (PRESS RELEASE) – Five individuals and two for-profit skilled nursing facilities in Southwestern Pennsylvania have been indicted by federal

In direct response to the significant challenges experienced by long term care (LTC) facilities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden-Harris Administration announced its...