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Michigan Attorney General Sues Nursing Home Operator For Medicaid False Claim Act Violations, Failure Of Care For Residents

October 25, 2026

Michigan’s Attorney General announced on July 30, 2026 that a lawsuit has been filed against Fahim Uddin, Pioneer Health Care Management doing business as Legacy Healthcare Management, and nine nursing home facilities located throughout southeast Michigan for violations of the Michigan Medicai[...]

Study: Aspirin Alone Sufficient For Clot Prevention After Joint Surgery

October 13, 2026

An aspirin-only approach to postoperative prophylaxis after arthroplasty was as effective and safe as upfront rivaroxaban (Xarelto), according to the EPCAT III randomized trial. Aspirin-only prophylaxis met noninferiority criteria for preventing symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE), compared wit[...]

$500,000 Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Settlement For Wrong Side Surgery

October 11, 2026

In February 2026, the Massachusetts medical malpractice case of a man who had left-sided back symptoms but his surgeon allegedly operated on his right side was settled for $500,000. The defendants maintained throughout trial that they had met the standard of care despite surgery on the wrong side of[...]

CMS Finalizes New Mandatory Drug Payment Model To Deliver Lower Drug Prices For Beneficiaries In Original Medicare Part B

October 9, 2026

CMS announced the following on September 30, 2026: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is finalizing a groundbreaking drug payment model to address the increasingly expensive cost of drugs in Original Medicare Part B while preserving or enhancing Medicare beneficiaries’ quality [...]

Study: More Family Visits For Nursing Home Residents Resulted In Greater Staff-Reported Resident Symptoms

October 6, 2026

A study entitled Family Visits and Symptom Burden in Nursing Home Residents With Cognitive Impairment that was recently reported in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found “a significant and positive correlation between family visitation and symptom burden. However, this finding w[...]

Healthcare–Associated Infections In U.S. Hospitals Improving?

September 29, 2026

Prevalence surveys in U.S. hospitals showed that on any given day in 2011, 1 of 25 patients had a health care–associated infection. In 2015, the number was 1 of 31 patients. The survey was repeated in 2023 to assess changes in the prevalence of health care–associated infection. The 2023 study re[...]

2026 Medscape Physicians And Malpractice Report

September 27, 2026

The 2026 Medscape Physicians and Malpractice Report, published on September 22, 2026, reported that one-third of all physicians in the United States have been a sole or co-defendant in a medical malpractice lawsuit, according to Medscape’s latest survey of physicians across more than 29 specia[...]

Study: More Morning Naps Associated With Higher Mortality Risk In Older Adults

September 17, 2026

Are objectively measured daytime nap characteristics, including duration, frequency, variability, and timing, associated with all-cause mortality among community-dwelling older adults? A study published on April 20, 2026 entitled Objectively Measured Daytime Napping Patterns and All-Cause Mortality [...]

Federal Spending And Medicaid Coverage For Assisted Living Facilities

September 15, 2026

Assisted Living Facilities Assisted living facilities provide a residential alternative to in-home care and nursing homes for people who need assistance with activities of daily living such as eating, bathing, and toileting. Assisted living facilities provide room and board, which includes housing, [...]

32% Of Drug Prescriptions Rejected Due To Insurance Formulary Restrictions

September 14, 2026

Health insurers limit access to drugs in several ways: they may exclude drugs from formularies or impose utilization management, such as prior authorization or step therapy, for covered products. A study published online on July 9, 2026 in JAMA that investigated how frequently prescriptions are reje[...]

Men More Likely Than Women To Die From Cancer

September 13, 2026

A recent study found that men are more likely to die from cancer than women, which may partly be explained by differences in diagnosis stage. Men had a higher likelihood than women for late-stage diagnosis of 20 different types of cancer, data from a national registry network showed. Cancers wh[...]

62.8% Of U.S. For-Profit Nursing Homes Changed Ownership During COVID-19 Pandemic

September 11, 2026

A study published in March 2026 that was designed to examine relationships between facility and resident characteristics to ownership change in U.S. nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e., between March 2020 to March 2023) reported that of the 9,256 for-profit nursing homes with an organiz[...]

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