Proposed staffing ratio cheered by CNAs, opposed by nursing home operators
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Kimberly Marselas
May 14, 2018
A bill in the statehouse would force many New Jersey nursing homes to increase staffing of certified nurse aides, a proposal that was literally cheered by those front-line workers but rejected as an unfunded...
CDC: Fall-related deaths spike; more intervention needed
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Kimberly Marselas
May 14, 2018
More seniors are dying after falls, leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ask doctors and other caregivers to broach the topic more often. The agency reported in Friday’s Morbidity...
Thousands of Louisiana eviction warnings sent
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Kimberly Marselas
May 11, 2018
Louisiana officials on Thursday mailed notices of potential evictions to 37,000 Medicaid beneficiaries who could soon lose coverage, including at least 19,000 who might be forced out of nursing homes if...
GOP panel leader: Medicare deregulation and opioids may be the only House health bills this year
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Kimberly Marselas
May 11, 2018
A leader of an influential House committee says Congress is likely to consider just two types of healthcare legislation this year: Medicare deregulation and bills that address the opioid crisis.
Aria faces allegations of ‘gross self-dealing’ in Arkansas bankruptcy case
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Kimberly Marselas
May 10, 2018
Aria Health Group and its owners participated in “gross self-dealing and corporate wrong” by transferring money from debtors it controlled to itself in the months before and after those companies...
Senators, diabetes association call for pricing transparency, solutions as insulin price spikes
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Kimberly Marselas
May 10, 2018
A new American Diabetes Association white paper addressing the high price of insulin recommends ways healthcare providers can help minimize patients’ out-of-pocket costs.
Skilled nursing jobs to grow by 13% through 2026, though other healthcare segments will fare better
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Kimberly Marselas
May 10, 2018
Skilled nursing facilities’ share of the healthcare workforce will shrink by 2026 even as its employee numbers grow, according to new projections built on Bureau of Labor data.
Fragile seniors need shift toward high-value care, health leaders say
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Kimberly Marselas
May 09, 2018
More than 50 health system leaders and policymakers have called for an examination of issues important to chronically ill older adults and their caregivers in an an effort to compel payment and policy...
Thousands of medical workers join broader 3-day strike over pay
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Kimberly Marselas
May 09, 2018
Physical therapists, pharmacists and thousands of other medical professionals on Tuesday joined an ongoing strike in a show of solidarity with service workers at University of California campuses.
Two more Skyline properties head to receivership; desperate details emerge from cash-strapped company...
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Kimberly Marselas
May 09, 2018
A former owner has taken over day-to-day operations of two Skyline Healthcare-owned nursing homes after the Arkansas Department of Human Services put the facilities into receivership.