Medicare beneficiaries who were diagnosed with metastatic cancer experienced a mean of 40.1 to 62.9 healthcare contact days, including days in a hospital, emergency department, skilled nursing ...

Treatment costs for diabetes totalled $153.2 billion annually in 2021-2022, with an average annual cost of $5,810 per adult with treated diabetes. That is according to a December statistical brief ...

A federal judge has delayed approval of Genesis HealthCare’s proposed sale to an inside buyer by at least a week, saying she wants to take multiple days of testimony and consider arguments against the ...

There’s a bill on the table. It has bipartisan support. And yet, a solution may not come in time for America’s long-term care pharmacies.

A state comptroller argued Wednesday that two nursing home owners should repay Medicaid nearly $124 million that they spent partly on related-party transactions. The demands escalate attacks on a ...

States held more than $485 million in penalties collected from nursing homes at the start of 2025, according to updated federal data that appears to support nursing homes’ contention that reinvestment ...

At NYC Health + Hospitals/McKinney in Brooklyn, staff members "adopt" residents for a special pre-Thanksgiving meal.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is again postponing skilled nursing facilities’ mandatory off-cycle revalidation deadline — this time indefinitely, according to sources.

The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) unveiled a new ad campaign that calls on Congress to pass the Preserving Patient Access to Long-Term Care Pharmacies Act (HR 5031/S 3159) and highlights the ...

A multi-institutional research team that includes experts from Florida State University, Tufts University, University of Washington, Urban Institute and University of Michigan has developed the Index ...

A Justice Department official tasked with overseeing the Genesis HealthCare bankruptcy case has formally objected to a sale scheduled for Wednesday, and she’s not alone.

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