Unintentional falls among older adults have become increasingly deadly, with new federal data revealing significant increases ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday dropped a pair of surprise memos that will have an immediate effect ...

Nursing homes where Medicaid covers less than half of patient days provide significantly more nursing hours than others, a new study shows.

A comprehensive study of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older reveals that emergency room diagnostic errors occur in approximately 3.2% of serious medical emergencies, affecting roughly 1 in every ...

A large-scale study examining coffee consumption patterns among American adults has found that drinking one to two cups of ...

Telehealth geriatric assessment significantly improves short-term outcomes for older adults with advanced cancers … JAMA releases feeding guide for advanced dementia patients and families … Heart ...

Patients in Medicare Advantage plans are staying longer in the hospital but receiving considerably less post-acute care than their peers in traditional Medicare, according to a new study.

The Office of Inspector General has announced it will take a magnifying glass to how nursing homes employ and pay medical ...

When attending a dinner last spring with colleagues, I knew it was going to be a long night. A nice restaurant. Cloth napkins ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday announced it is making major changes to its Care Compare site, ...

The Senate would spare skilled nursing facilities from limits on state-level provider taxes that would hit other sectors hard ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has released updated guidelines for preventing ...