Hospice providers nationally are under attack for allegedly using unscrupulous business methods. A New Jersey company pressured nursing home staff to refer ineligible patients to hospice care. They were told to exaggerate their conditions to defraud the government, a federal whistleblower lawsuit alleges. Sherri McDermott was a nurse who worked for hospice company Life Source Services for
Major study links nursing home staff vaccinations to lower resident deaths. University of Chicago researchers calculated the data. The evidence proves that a 10-point vaccination increase would have prevented: 102.9 cases per 1,000 residents; 15.6 deaths per 1,000 residents; and 21,000 staff infections nationwide. JAMA Network Open published the landmark study. The first-of-its kind national
A $105 million civil whistleblower lawsuit filed alleging CARES Act fraud. The 2020 program was meant to assist small businesses and was funded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act. The lawsuit shows the need for oversight on how nursing home operators spent COVID relief funds. The taxpayer money was
Law enforcement in Florida investigate the deaths of residents of Waterman Village, a retirement community that includes independent living homes and nursing facilities.
Leqembi Leqembi is a monoclonal antibody that targets the brain’s amyloid plaques. These plaques contribute to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The Food and Drug Administration approved the experimental Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) for clinical use in patients with early disease. It is recommended for patients in the early stages of dementia and is delivered
Total expenditures for nursing care facilities and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) fell last year. Nursing care facility and CCRC expenditures rang in at $181.3 billion last year, compared with $196.9 billion in 2020. Between 2019 and 2020, expenditures in this sector had grown by 13.1%. While nursing care facilities and CCRCs received fewer dollars