Prienitz succeeds Kathy Lauer, who had served as interim chief compliance officer since July 2025. Lauer will continue to advise PACS through the first quarter of 2026 to assist in the transition and ...

US POINTER, a healthy lifestyle intervention, helped participants improve blood pressure regulation of blood flow to the ...

Adults who were immunized against influenza between the ages of 40 and 50 did not experience an increased risk of incident Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to a December study published in JAMA ...

On a day in which Genesis HealthCare planned to begin wrapping up a deal that includes $40 million in cash for its assets, the one-time skilled nursing juggernaut will instead try to fight off efforts ...

A nursing home with a hands-on medical director and a convenient next door neighbor is delivering high-frequency physician care rare in most facilities.

Electronic health record providers are starting work that could transform how nursing homes grapple with prior authorization requests and length of stay determinations.

Congress’ Medicare advisory committee has made it clear that much work still needs to be done to bring alignment to post-acute care regulatory and payment matters. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ...

A pending class-action lawsuit in Ohio demonstrates the increased vulnerability of nursing homes targeted by hackers seeking valuable patient and employee data.

The Department of Health and Human Services today repealed key provisions of the minimum staffing standards for long-term ...

Medicare overpaid just 15 optometrists serving nursing home residents an estimated $3 million over three years for low-level ...

Ad hoc infection prevention grou to step into advisory vacuum ... Fewer older adults living alone than in ‘90s, but they’re less likely to live in a nursing home … Senate bill would incentive states t ...

Operators have been anxiously awaiting the news that finally arrived last week. Now at last, many can finally exhale.