Lawmakers try to wedge open door to nursing home visitors with mandated ‘caregiving’ program
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2021
Vaccination campaigns and reduced COVID-19 transmission may soon bring visitors back to nursing homes, but officials in one state are using legislation to wedge the doors open now.
Contract therapy providers sign on with major clients
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2021
Reliant Rehabilitation and Genesis Rehab Services have each picked up major new contracts, adding thousands of skilled nursing and senior living residents to their rolls.
PointClickCare, Collective Medical merge
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2021
PointClickCare Technologies is acquiring Collective Medical, a platform that supports real-time, cross-continuum care coordination.
Jodi Eyigor is finding her distinct voice
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 31, 2021
Jodi Eyigor, Director of Nursing Home Quality and Policy, LeadingAge
OnPointe CEO: Pandemic should be catalyst for payment changes, shedding ‘wrong strategy’
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 29, 2021
Some look at the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and question how they can make their buildings safer. Eric Tanner, CEO of transitional and skilled care specialist OnPointe, sees the crisis as a launching point...
‘Strap on your seat belts,’ as post-acute experts forecast opportunities amid threats of week-old...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 27, 2021
Long-term care providers wary of extra scrutiny should also be prepared for new opportunities in an administration that will likely expand insurance coverage and embrace innovative care models that could...
New Five-Star ratings ding providers for infection control lapses; overall performance stagnant
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 27, 2021
Despite more than 12,000 infection control-related citations given during the COVID-19 pandemic, most U.S. nursing homes didn’t see their ratings change much in updated Five-Star guidance published Wednesday....
Lawsuit challenges nursing home liability protections for non-COVID death
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 27, 2021
Survivors of a former North Carolina nursing home resident are suing the facility where she died in what could be a litmus test for the patchwork of liability protections granted to healthcare providers...
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