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The coronavirus is taking a heavy toll on nursing home residents and workers.

Guardian directed its nursing facilities in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio to upcharge Medicare at the highest level for medically...

New research indicates incentives for clinician assessments of hospital-discharged skilled nursing facility patients should be strengthened.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma details a five-point plan to improve quality of care and regulatory enforcement at the nation's nursing...

New Jersey is one of eight states that require hospitals and nursing homes to report staffing ratios.

New data shows that patients discharged from a skilled nursing facility to home face the highest risk of readmission in...

Components of Johns Hopkins' SNF collaborative include a rigorous process for selecting partner facilities and establishing a management framework.

The treatment intensity and 24-hour monitoring at skilled nursing facilities could drive lower readmission rates compared to home care.

Prosecutors allege that Vanguard SNFs and top executives submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for "worthless" services.

At the time of hospital discharge, ill-informed patients often face time-pressured decisions to find an appropriate post-acute care provider.

A new working paper recommends that long-term care hospitals lose their special reimbursement schedules under Medicare and instead get paid...

S&P Global Ratings lowers the credit rating after noting the significant debt burden ProMedica assumed to finance the acquisition that...