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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...