When you’ve worked from the statehouse to the governor’s mansion, to AARP’s executive offices to long-term care association leadership, you build a rich reservoir of workplace wisdom. Joseph DeMattos ...

Wisconsin long-term care providers are backing a budget proposal from the governor that would invest more than $150 million.

New COPD research reveals that women have roughly 50% greater risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared to men, even when accounting for smoking history and other risk ...

Cancer incidence patterns are showing shifts across different age groups, according to a comprehensive new study from the ...

Legislation allowing long-term care pharmacists to bill for some services they already provide may be a critical financial lifeline for them.

The federal government has asked a court to finalize a multimillion dollar penalty against two nursing homes convicted of fraud.

Two major policy shifts gaining traction in Washington — a sweeping immigration crackdown and deep Medicaid cuts — are each troubling on their own. Together, they threaten to profoundly and ...

Reading news headlines or opening the mailbox to another data breach notification letter emphasizes that a data incident is more likely to be a “when” and ...

Reading news headlines or opening the mailbox to another data breach notification letter emphasizes that a data incident is more likely to be a “when” and not an “if” for your organization.  While ...

SNFs and a major association have jointly urged DHS to end the targeting and deportation of thousands of immigrant workers.

A cadre of researchers — including the de facto dean of nursing home staffing studies — has proposed a new tool using a nursing home’s case-mix index as a way to set expected daily nurse staffing ...

Long-term care providers in yet another state are bracing as caregivers consider striking for what they say would be necessary pay increases.