It's just a two-page, barely 200-word bill. But if passed as the authors intend, it would require all 15,000 Medicare-approved nursing homes in the nation to publicly report the name of their medical ...

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ratchets up its expectations of medical directors, data reflecting their responsibilities and the time they spend influencing nursing home care is ...

Dementia patients are given antipsychotics, which FDA warns may increase the risk for deat ...

Last month’s peer-reviewed study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that 36.1% of nursing homes did not report any medical director hours in the Payroll Based Journal. If this ...

Village Caregiving reports that in-home care offers personalized comfort and independence, while nursing homes provide comprehensive medical support and security, with costs differing significantly.

Deep cuts to Medicaid may force states to decrease spending for the hiring of workers critical to the care of disabled and ...

Nursing homes across New York are struggling to maintain services in the face of historically low Medicaid reimbursement rates, and advocates are asking state officials to direct at least ...

When in-home medical care and dependable transportation work together, healthcare becomes easier to access and more ...