Stephanie Bouchard

Long-term care pharmacy provider, Omnicare, has reached a settlement with the Justice Department that is the largest controlled substance settlement in history, said the Drug Enforcement Administration.

As the number of home health agencies and fraud cases related to home health agencies continues to skyrocket, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is exerting more pressure on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to fulfill an obligation that is 15 years old.

As the healthcare industry continues to move in the direction of using compensation incentives, a new analysis reveals that incentives as currently used are not an effective motivator for healthcare professionals and waste an estimated $20 billion in resources.

As lawmakers debate what to do to avoid the sequestration of the Budget Control Act, those getting hit with the mandated cuts, such as defense and healthcare, are making sure Congress understands what the cuts will mean for their industries.

It may not occur to smaller senior living companies to seek a credit rating from a credit rating agency like Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor's or Moody's, but for companies large and small, there are financial benefits said a group of panelists during an online senior living business conference held in March.

Abbott Laboratories, a global healthcare company, has agreed to pay $1.6 billion to settle allegations that it improperly marketed its neurological drug, Depakote, for off-label uses.

The number of baby boomers hitting age 65 increases daily. Within that larger demographic is a submarket those in the seniors housing industry are eyeing with interest: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender seniors.

Earlier this year, a national study of physicians found that doctors believe their patients’ unmet social needs lead directly to worse health and that they wished the healthcare system would pay to connect patients with the services they need.

Since the start of the year, a number of bills or amendments to bills targeting men's reproductive health have been submitted to state legislatures by mostly female Democratic state legislators.

Teri Fontenot President and CEO Woman’s Hospital, Baton Rouge, La.