IRS plans to deny billions of dollars in ‘clearly improper’ employee retention credit claims
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 25, 2024
The IRS said it plans to deny tens of thousands of improper, high-risk employee retention credit claims from employers, totaling billions of dollars, after a review found “a large number of improper...
Business briefs, June 25
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 25, 2024
Social Security updates occupations list used in disability evaluation process … Far right could ‘neuter’ unionization efforts, group says … Fitch Ratings upgrades Masonicare to A-; outlook stable...
Actions & Transactions, June 25
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 25, 2024
Selectis Health completes sale of Archway Transitional Care Center in Georgia … SLIB negotiates sale of 95-Unit Copper Springs Senior Living in Meridian, ID … Prestige Group brokers sale of 220-ded...
Medically advised aspirin use lower in 2021 than 2012 to 2017
Jun 24, 2024
Compared with 2012 to 2017, in 2021, medically advised aspirin use for primary prevention was lower (19.3 versus 27.6 to 31.2% among adults aged 60 to 69 years; 30.6 versus 38.35 to 41.6% among those aged...
Hospital nursing resources tied to COVID-19 survival
Jun 24, 2024
“If all hospitals in the study had superior nursing resources prior to or during the pandemic, models estimate many thousands of deaths among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 could have been avoided,”...
Smartwatch, smartphone can assess Parkinson’s disease progression
Jun 24, 2024
The change in digital measures over 12 months generally was larger than the corresponding change in individual items of the Movement Disorder Society scale.
Aerobic exercise tied to improved clinical asthma outcomes
Jun 24, 2024
The benefits include asthma-related quality of life and asthma control.
Vigorous physical activity may preserve cognitive function in high-risk HTN
Jun 24, 2024
High versus low vigorous physical activity was linked to a lower risk of mild cognitive impairment, probable dementia and MCI/probable dementia in a multivariate model.
Learn about staffing, AI solutions from industry experts June 27 at free virtual event
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 24, 2024
What happens when you bring together provider experts and marketplace partners to discuss the long-term care field’s most pressing issues? Fresh ideas, new approaches and innovative solutions. Join McKnight’s...
When it comes to nation’s older adults, ‘affordable housing matters’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2024
Low-income older adults are spending record amounts of income on housing. That’s one takeaway message that LeadingAge Senior Vice President of Policy Linda Couch said she has from a report released Thursday.