When it comes to unions, representation and power aren’t in lock step
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 23, 2024
Is union power on a downswing? As ever, the answer may depend on who you ask, or how you do the math.
‘Sky is the limit’ for health information networks’ SNF insights
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 23, 2024
An expanding health information exchange connecting 71 hospitals and nearly 600 post-acute providers in New Jersey is exceeding expectations and providing staffing insights not necessarily envisioned when...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 23, 2024
Older adults spend 3 weeks each year receiving health care outside of the home … Study examines wildfire smoke pollution inside nursing homes … Seniors more hesitant to get COVID booster than flu vaccines
Pressing questions about rural telehealth access and investments put innovation in danger
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 22, 2024
Questions remain about how much providers will be able to rely on telehealth, remote monitoring and other technologies to come in the years ahead — and whether the government will make the needed legal,...
Federal budget extension pushes physician pay fix further out
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 22, 2024
Congress last week averted a government shutdown and sustained funding for several key agencies through early March, but the latest patch also delayed an opportunity to restore pay for physicians and others...
With ‘hundreds’ of facilities audited over schizophrenia, CMS pursues harsher antipsychotics stance
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 19, 2024
With half of nursing homes audited in a new process admitting to misdiagnosing schizophrenia patients, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is extending its drive to reduce the use of certain drugs...
Owner of defunct Skyline chain pleads guilty in $39M fraud case
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 18, 2024
Joseph Schwartz, former owner of Skyline Management and a 90-plus nursing home empire whose collapse sent patients and workers scrambling in 2019, pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in a $39 million...
Supreme Court spars over case that could limit power of CMS, other agencies
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 18, 2024
Supreme Court justices on Wednesday signaled their willingness to give courts more discretion in interpreting “ambiguous” federal statutes rather than leaving that work to the agencies tasked with...
‘Heightened risk’ as class action settlements spike, but arbitration offers critical protection
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 17, 2024
The number of class action settlements in 2023 outpaced predictions for the second year in a row, which will likely incentivize the plaintiffs bar to be even more aggressive in seeking class standing,...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 17, 2024
CMS drops expected draft of MDS updates … OIG to audit use of contracted surveyors … OIG to CDC: Improve support for COVID nursing home data submission … Nursing home operators booted from state...