Embezzlement charges follow nursing home administrator’s departure: $250K for remodeling, vacations...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 30, 2019
An administrator of a Utah nursing home has been charged in an embezzlement and money laundering scheme, his alleged crimes only discovered after he’d quit to work for a new company. Timothy Scott Claybaugh,...
‘Devastating’ closure of rural nursing home comes despite gov’t attempt to find buyer
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 30, 2019
The sole nursing home in a rural pocket of New Mexico has closed weeks after state efforts to transfer ownership fell short. Preferred Care Partners Management Group, the operator of Preferred Care-owned...
It’s the final (final!) day to apply for McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 30, 2019
If you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to brag about your organization’s ability to harness technology to improve resident care or operations, wait no longer. No, really, wait no longer. Today...
Also in the News for Wednesday, July 31
Jul 30, 2019
State funding cuts force Florida skilled nursing providers start cutting back … Hospital-acquired C. diff hikes treatment costs by more than a quarter, extends stays by 13% … ‘Tickle’...
LTC leads hot healthcare market in first half of 2019
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 29, 2019
The changing face of long-term care continues to drive merger and acquisition activity for the fifth straight year, according to two new reports. Deal volume involving long-term care and assisted living...
Staffing groups call for wage increases, higher direct-care ratios
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 29, 2019
A coalition backing nursing home workers in Rhode Island is calling for a $15-per-hour wage for certified nursing assistants and new minimum staffing hours, even as nearby states are experiencing closures...
Bill would expand access to international healthcare workers
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 29, 2019
A major provider organization and its nursing arm are backing a bill that would nearly double the number of employment visas granted annually and ensure access to “critical healthcare workers.” The...
Also in the News for Tuesday, July 30
Jul 29, 2019
Nursing home fined $25K after patient elopes on first day of stay … More than 1,000 Florida facilities still without back-up power sources as storm season ramps up … Legionnaire’s sickens two, kills...
‘Dumping’ cases: Court rules patients can sue states if a nursing home refuses readmission
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2019
Medicaid-covered nursing home residents have a right to sue states that do not have a fair appeals process in the case of unwanted discharges, a federal court ruled last week.
State bill requires nursing homes to report every death to local coroner
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2019
Nursing homes would be required to report every death in their buildings to a local coroner under a bill introduced in Pennsylvania last week. House bills 1713 and 1714, one each for nursing homes and...