Mark Prifogle, FACHCA, has built an entrepreneurial career in healthcare for seniors, becoming a pharmacy CEO at age 26 and ...

Hospitals conducted more than 200,000 unnecessary spinal fusion/laminectomy or vertebroplasty procedures on Medicare beneficiaries 65 and older from 2020 to 2022. This generated about $1.9 billion in ...

The Assessment for the Appropriate Use of Opioids in Long Term Care demonstrated evidence of validity but still requires future testing.

Financial incentives for nursing homes to sign on to ACOs not led by post-acute groups have always been dubious, but shifting demographics and recent federal policy changes that require even more ...

Federal lawmakers have accused Genesis investors of “hollowing out” the nursing home chain and demanded an accounting of its executives’ roles, compensation and business strategies ahead of a ...

October marks the season when we “fall back” with the time change and embrace the crisp air of autumn. October is also National Physical Therapy ...

Good Samaritan Society is launching a virtual care service that provides clinical support to remote, largely rural long-term care facilities.

Self-preservation is thought to be an instinctual drive that is universal among all living organisms. So it should come as no surprise that the number one reaction among many, if not most, workers has ...

When we think about long-term care, transportation rarely comes up as a top priority. Staffing, survey readiness, quality ...

HIV has been a disease of younger adults, but the need for long-term care is increasing as more patients surpass their 50th birthdays and develop comorbidties much more common in older people.

Compared to publicly traded company-owned and other for-profit hospices, private equity (PE)-owned hospices reported the highest profits and lowest spending on direct patient care and nonsalary ...

Latino family caregivers who care for loved ones with dementia are likely to experience challenges navigating the healthcare system as well as unique cultural pressures, according to an October study ...