McKnight’s reported on The Ensign Group, a national for-profit nursing home chain. The Ensign Group planned a double-prolonged expansion with managed care partners. The relationships with these partners will create profit and avoid liability within the nursing industry. The combination of increased occupancy rates and high managed care volume allows Ensign’s expansion plan to succeed. CEO
Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, who had been the candidate for anti-Trump Republicans, said she will endorse Trump because she has no backbone. She is an opportunist. The MAGA cult will never forgive her betrayal. Haley ran against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination and called Trump “unstable,” “unhinged” and “a disaster…for our party.”
The Office of Inspector General has concerns about nursing homes reporting falls and other traumatic events. If a nursing home accepts Medicare or Medicaid (which the vast majority do), the operator is required to report resident falls in patient assessments. However, often this does not happen because preventable falls affects the Star rating for the
Overdose deaths declined in 2023. The Biden Administration and policymakers increased access to both Narcan, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses, and addiction treatment. These changes have saved lives. Some first aid kits include it. Pharmacies sell it over the counter. People who overdose are now much likelier to get Narcan quickly enough to save their
The jury has begun deliberations on the 34 felony counts against twice impeached and disgraced Donald Trump in the first criminal trial of an American president accused of falsifying business records in connection with a $130,000 hush-money payment to a porn star, Stormy Daniels, on the eve of the 2016 election. “Mother Teresa could not
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