Kimberly Marselas

One-third of patients hospitalized for a diabetic foot infection require amputation, and nearly half of those die within five years.

Senate starts work on permanent Medicare physician pay reform, which could hand annual cuts to therapists, others … Many disenrolled from Medicaid due to unwinding remain without insurance … Brain stimulation treatment improved depression, anxiety in older adults: study

A 2020 aerial photo shows the sweeping layout of Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco. The skilled nursing facility has been working to regain Medicare certification for two years. Credit: San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images/Contributor

Can a nursing home end an emergency bonus program for unionized workers without negotiating after a contract has expired?

OIG to study Medicaid supplemental payments for nursing homes … Pilot program leads to 42% reduction in resident falls … State offers nursing homes $7M to expand use of telehealth, tech innovations … No link between COVID vaccine, cardiac arrest in young people: CDC study

An Oregon nursing home closed by the state after an early 2020 COVID-19 outbreak has reportedly agreed to settle a lawsuit with the families of 13 residents who died.

Several nursing home advocacy organizations have met with the White House Office of Management and Budget in recent days, angling to change the proposed minimum staffing rule that could be issued in final form at virtually any time.

It’s the annual coming out season for the nursing home brass at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, who’ve recently been spotted at two provider conferences and filled a whole day’s agenda at their own agency’s three-day quality shindig.

Antipsychotics for dementia linked to more harm than previously acknowledged … Medicare, Medicaid make up nearly half of all improper payments across all government agencies: GAO … Ransomware gang starts leaking Change Healthcare data … EEOC finalizes accommodations for pregnant workers

TLC Management’s Brooke Vogleman speaks at a Senate committee meeting Tuesday in this screenshot.