DOJ plans to retry fallen nursing home owner Philip Esformes despite Trump commutation … Mindy Shapiro named chief compliance officer at American Senior Communities … Questions on monkeypox in LTC?...
Mindy Shapiro named chief compliance officer at ASC
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 15, 2022
American Senior Communities in late July announced Mindy Shapiro as it new chief compliance officer.
Administrators and DONs at ‘breaking points’ in 2022 McKnight’s Mood of the Market
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 15, 2022
Nearly 60% of long-term care nurse leaders have seriously considered quitting their jobs in the last three months, a nearly 10-point jump since 2021, according to the fourth annual McKnight’s Mood of...
Also in the News for Monday, Aug. 15
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 15, 2022
Census Bureau reports SNFs have slowest LTC revenue growth … LED lighting overhaul led to 43% falls reduction, Harvard study finds … $1M federal grant to support construction of nursing home in rural...
Pressure injury study hits at ‘misleading’ self-reported nursing home data
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 12, 2022
Nursing home operators are underreporting the number of pressure injuries in Medicare residents by as much as 40%, said University of Chicago researchers, who have joined a push for less provider-reported...
Also in the News for Friday, Aug. 12
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 12, 2022
COVID nursing home cases to be consolidated over NY state immunity repeal, PREP Act questions … As feds catch up with rising healthcare costs, consumer medical prices may climb … New test to predict...
Owners of nearly half of Indiana’s nursing homes sued over refusal to share financial information
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2022
A new lawsuit alleges that eight Indiana hospitals — owners of 250 of the state’s 527 nursing homes — are violating state open record laws by withholding information on extra public funding doled...
Also in the News for Thursday, Aug. 11
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2022
Invesque could be 100% senior living by year’s end … Aspire Nursing Homes hit by EEOC suit over sexual orientation discrimination … Twenty year nursing home employee mad about bonuses charged in...
NHI’s skilled nursing ‘resilience’ bolstered by Ensign, National HealthCare
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 10, 2022
The performance of key skilled nursing operators National HealthCare Corporation and Ensign Group buoyed National Health Investors’ second-quarter stats, even as the real estate investment trust continued...
Also in the News for Aug. 10
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 10, 2022
State of staffing crisis worsens in hard-hit Wisconsin … Nurses sue over too-real active shooter drill … Nunziato named senior director at Health Care Council of Illinois