A new Oklahoma executive order on Medicare Advantage may go further than any other state initiative to rein in practices largely seen as unfavorable to both beneficiaries and providers.

Older adults who are socially isolated and digitally excluded experienced a 60% higher risk of depression, according to a January study published in Medicine. Additionally, physical function outcomes ...

Individuals with hypertension are unlikely to measure their blood pressure (BP) at home as often as recommended, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in JAMA Cardiology.

Nursing home oversight is often discussed as if it functions the same way everywhere. The rules are federal. The survey process is standardized. Outcomes ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is changing how states select candidates for the Special Focus Facility Program ...

Skilled nursing owners and operators will be among the top execs gathering Feb. 9-11 in Miami for the annual eCap Summit.

A federal judge Thursday declined to allow the nation's top federal bankruptcy overseer to intervene in the Genesis ...

Older adults with more than two geriatric syndromes, unique health conditions among elderly patients that are multifactorial ...

While nursing homes added nearly 41,000 jobs last year, they still remain the only healthcare sector not to have fully ...

As a speech language pathologist, I have always believed that words matter. Semantics are not just academic concepts tucked ...

Days after revealing them, regulators withdrew new coverage determinations for skin substitutes used to treat diabetic foot and venous leg ulcers.

Adults who have insufficient physical activity during adulthood experience a higher midlife stress burden than those who are physically active, according to a December study published in ...