Hermes Awards honor McKnight’s for creative communication
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 14, 2021
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News captured three top honors in the 2021 Hermes Creative Awards, which honor creativity in traditional and digital mediums. Mcknights.com was named a Gold Award winner for...
New workplace COVID safety rules add protection and reporting requirements
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Kimberly Marselas
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 11, 2021
Fifteen months after the start of the pandemic, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Thursday issued an emergency temporary standard designed to protect healthcare workers — specifically...
Oil, gold, nursing homes? Stop acting like you’re a commodity
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 11, 2021
With all the talk of impending acquisitions this spring, it’s hard not to think of skilled nursing facilities as commodities to be bandied about for the right price — or shuttered if they don’t produce...
Also in the News for Friday, June 11
Jun 11, 2021
Backlash against newly approved Alzheimer’s drug continues with resignations, pharma insiders’ poll calling it a high-priced ‘disaster’ … Latest AARP analysis finds 800 COVID-19 deaths per month...
Risk-bearing execs: Operators need to ‘make some noise’ to make some money
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 10, 2021
Skilled nursing providers looking to take on risk for long-term viability need to start getting creative, warn two executives in the business of connecting payers and providers in value-based partnerships.
Medicaid, other payers’ demands driving increase in nursing home Joint Commission accreditations
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 09, 2021
When 28 skilled nursing facilities operated by American Health Communities earned Joint Commission accreditation this spring, they joined a growing number of nursing homes nationwide seeking an extra stamp...
Skilled nursing occupancy ticked upward for a second month. Will such small gains be enough?
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2021
Skilled nursing occupancy climbed ever-so-slightly for a second straight month in March, reaching 71.6%, according to the latest NIC MAP data released Thursday afternoon.
Power up post-COVID hiring, infection control and EHR efforts with expertise from June 14 McKnight’s...
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 03, 2021
The next McKnight’s Power Panel, “Preparing for business after the main COVID-19 storm” will help you train your focus on key strategies. The free, 60-minute session begins at 1 p.m. ET on June 14.
Providers tell CMS it’s ‘decidedly’ the wrong time to toy with PDPM rates
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 03, 2021
Providers need more time before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would implement any adjustments to PDPM payment rates, operators and associations have told the agency in official comments.
McKnight’s Online Forum XII offers new ways to engage residents, meet clinical and technology challenges
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2021
It’s another month, and another opportunity to hear from the industry’s leading experts on all things COVID-19-related at the 12th McKnight’s Online Forum. The June 24 event will feature three,...