Developer backs off independent living, AL plans and commits $20M for stand-alone nursing home instead … 100 first responders evacuate powerless nursing home as heat wave approaches … Research underscores...
No time to file CMP waiver? CMS rule could grant providers 35% relief anyway.
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 18, 2019
Even as complaint-based investigations tick up, federal regulators this week proposed several regulatory changes that would make it easier for skilled nursing providers to handle complaints and limit penalties....
Mystery grows as 3rd resident dies from still-unidentified respiratory illness
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 18, 2019
An unknown respiratory illness has claimed a third life at the skilled nursing and assisted living unit of a sprawling continuing care retirement community in Northern Virginia. Officials announced this...
Police: Drug-stealing nurse who replaced resident’s morphine with mouthwash faces up to 62 years, $3.5...
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 18, 2019
A nursing home employee diluted morphine with mouthwash after she stole most of the drug, injuring the resident who received the tainted leftovers, police said. It was just the beginning of a Christmas-season...
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Jul 18, 2019
Effects of anticholinergics may look like dementia in older patients … Nursing home association sues state over 5% Medicaid rate cut that went into effect in a weekend’s time … Group therapy commonly...
Details of the RoP shakeup: CMS eases quality improvement, compliance and new staff requirements
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2019
Less than five months before the final phase of the Rules of Participation were set to go into effect, CMS has proposed yet another rule that significantly changes some components and delays others for...
Antipsychotic rule loosened under CMS proposal
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2019
Tucked into the 110-page proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week are updates governing the use of as-needed prescriptions for antipsychotics, a tool the agency had...
Report: Trump to order overhaul of flu vaccine program
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2019
Reversing course on years of anti-vaccine rhetoric, President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order that seeks to compel the Department of Health and Human Services to modernize the flu vaccine...
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Jul 17, 2019
FDA approves new treatment for complicated UTIs … Home health provider docked $231K for unpaid overtime … Keep moving: therapeutic exercise does not harm knees in those with osteoarthritis
Residents happy with back seat
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2019
Residents at a Wisconsin nursing home recently got a long-awaited taste of spring, perched in the seat of a trishaw as a pilot pedaled them around the grounds.