August 01, 2017

House lawmakers approved legislation in late June that would place limits on awards for medical malpractice cases — a move that would benefit long-term care, according to one provider group.

Two nursing home employees were credited in July with running into “heavy smoke conditions” to rescue two residents.

The average number of nursing home deficiencies has dropped, but staffing levels are lower than expert recommendations, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.

Penalties for the next phase of nursing home survey guidelines will be postponed a year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced June 30.

Providers averted potentially billions of dollars in Medicaid funding losses in July after a Senate GOP healthcare reform bill was pulled from consideration.

Well, the great state of Illinois finally has an operating budget.

Should I stay or should I go after finally achieving success?

High turnover rates and small selection pools make it more difficult to hire entry-level healthcare employees, according to a task force report.

As online nursing education increases in popularity, researchers are finding institutional procedures may not be keeping up.

We do background checks on new employees. But now there’s word we’ll be getting sued because a relatively new nurse aide allegedly improperly touched certain residents. How can we avoid a potentially...