On Sept. 29, Lori McIntire, administrator of Hanover Hill Health Care Center, ordered 110 doses of the latest COVID-19 vaccine from her usual pharmacy. She figured that would cover all the residents ...

Effective April 1, CMS is requiring home health and hospice care eligibility for Medicare patients be authorized by a provider in a face-to-face patient encounter, according to an AHA News Now report.

It seems that no one is taking COVID-19 seriously anymore, said Mollee Loveland, a nursing home aide who lives outside of Pittsburgh. Loveland has seen patients and coworkers at the nursing home die ...

Rural residents are older, on average, than urban residents, with more underlying health conditions and higher rates of disability. Rural nursing homes face unique challenges admitting ...