The high sensitivity and specificity seen for Parkinson’s disease; α-synuclein SAA also can detect prodromal individuals.
Business briefs, March 29
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 29, 2023
Agency dependence may lead to more nursing home bankruptcies, legal experts say … Fitch Ratings affirms Franciscan Communities, IL, at BBB; outlook stable … DiningRD acquires Armstrong Nutrition, Dietitians...
Lawmakers chide HHS for ‘eroding the pathway’ to Alzheimer’s treatments
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 24, 2023
With personal stories of the effects that Alzheimer’s disease has had on them, lawmakers in a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday called for the federal government to speed up access to treatments....
Bill would require senior living communities to recognize essential caregivers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 14, 2023
A proposed bill in Illinois would allow residents of senior living communities and other congregate long-term care settings to continue receiving essential care from a designated support person despite...
2 bills target stabilizing assisted living funding model
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 08, 2023
Bills aimed at addressing funding in assisted living are making their way through state legislatures in Montana and New Jersey
Advocates ‘appalled’ as CMS again says it will not cover monoclonal antibody treatments for Alzheimer’s
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 24, 2023
Advocates of those living with Alzheimer’s disease are expressing disappointment that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday rejected a request to expand its coverage of monoclonal...
Bipartisan group pushes CMS to expand coverage for Alzheimer’s treatments
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 21, 2023
Access to federally approved monoclonal antibody and other disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s disease will be “extremely limited” unless the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reconsiders...
Senior living community fined $10,000 after sending live resident to funeral home
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 07, 2023
An Iowa memory care community is facing a $10,000 fine after wrongly declaring a resident dead and transferring her to a funeral home, where she was discovered alive and gasping for air inside a body bag.
Pandemic-linked decline in cancer screening persisted Into 2022
Feb 06, 2023
Low-dose computed tomographic scan rates and mammography rates were lower than expected during March 2021 to February 2022.
Alzheimer’s research, treatments prioritized in 2 bills taken up by Congress
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 06, 2023
Two bipartisan bills prioritizing Alzheimer’s research and supporting scientists in the development of treatments for the disease were reintroduced in Congress last week.