by MBJ Staff Published: April 10,2013
Tags: assisted living, disabled, elderly, health, health care, home care, home health, medical, medicine, study
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — In its 10th year, the Genworth 2013 Cost of Care Survey shows the cost to receive care at home in Mississippi through a home health aide increased over the past five years. On a national level, the survey shows a dramatic increase in facility-based care such as an assisted living facility or [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 1,2013
Tags: assisted living, bed, certificate of need, COST, health, health care, hospital, medicial, medicine, nursing home, overrun, relocation, state agency
D’IBERVILLE and JACKSON — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has issued certificates of need (CONs) for two projects. Greenbriar Nursing Center of D’Iberville has received a CON for the cost overrun to CON #0810 — relocation of 46 long-term care beds from Azalea Gardens Nursing Center. The approved capital expenditure for this project [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 11,2012
Tags: abuse, assisted living, bench, COST, court, crime, criminal, elderly, fund, investigate, investigators, judge, lawsuit, nursing home
LUMBERTON — Federal officials are joining a whistleblower lawsuit claiming a former south Mississippi nursing home operator withheld care to pad profits. The suit, originally filed by Academy Health Center, accuses the former operator of a Lumberton nursing home of claiming money from Medicare and Medicaid for services that he didn’t provide or for services [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 12,2012
Tags: assisted living, elderly, federal agency, federal government, health, health care, magazines, media, medicine, nursing homes, ranking, rating, senior citizens
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Many nursing homes in Mississippi have been recognized as the “Best Nursing Homes in 2012” by U.S. News & World Report magazine, according to the Mississippi Health Care Association (MHCA). In the magazine’s “Best Nursing Homes in 2012” report, the following MHCA member facilities in Mississippi were recognized as having the highest [...] [...]
GULFPORT — Methodist Senior Services of Tupelo is preparing to break ground for its latest addition, Seashore Highlands. The new construction will be a retirement community in Gulfport, and replaces the Seashore Retirement Community that MSS previously owned and operated on Beach Boulevard in Biloxi prior to Hurricane Katrina. The new retirement community will be [...] [...]
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