The all-or-nothing nature of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality audits means nursing homes could ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated two key timelines for public reporting changes that will affect nursing homes, including delaying a new quality measure calculation. While most ...

Many U.S. nursing homes are creating phony schizophrenia diagnoses to hide their use of dangerous antipsychotic drugs to subdue dementia patients, a government watchdog report said Thursday in its ...

Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. A pair of federal watchdog reports released Thursday urge Medicare to do more to crack down on ...

Twenty to 40% of nursing residents have serious mental health challenges, but most facilities don’t have the proper resources or staff in place to properly care for them. That must change, a group of ...

MIAMI — Use of an auditory-based computerized cognitive training program for severely ill patients with schizophrenia can improve their auditory discrimination, cognitive functioning, and positive ...

Schizophrenia is a complex mental illness that impacts how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. When not properly managed, its symptoms can challenge a person’s sense of self and connection to the ...