Standard surveys continue to lag, with infection control a major tripwire
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 24, 2023
A year and a half after a federal watchdog blasted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services over extensive delays in nursing home inspections, year-end data for fiscal year 2023 shows there has been...
New state staffing ratios unearth ‘grave’ concerns about vacant jobs, empty beds
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 24, 2023
Despite increased state funding that has allowed nursing homes to provide raises for existing staff and increase starting salaries, the number of Pennsylvania providers limiting census due to staffing...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Oct. 24
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 24, 2023
CMS issues updated MDS corrections … Opening of North Carolina VA nursing home delayed … Nursing home among three New York cyberattack victims … Nurse practitioners, physicians just as likely to...
New healthcare coalition to push Congress for workforce, immigration solutions
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 23, 2023
The American Health Care Association is one of several groups representing different healthcare sectors that are uniting to push Congress into acting on critical workforce and immigration solutions.
Also in the News for Monday, Oct. 23
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 23, 2023
SEIU, other worker and patient advocacy groups blanket Washington with pro-nursing home staffing mandate messaging … Consumer advocates push NY officials to begin enforcing state staffing, direct care...
Also in the News for Friday, Oct. 20
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 20, 2023
PA lawmakers adjust nursing facility case mix after COVID losses … Nursing home care among fastest-growing categories of national health spending: Altarum … Senior care nurse job satisfaction heavily...
Hitting the road for rural respect
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 17, 2023
This week takes me on a road trip, but I assure you there’s no VW bus with a dashboard full of party snacks.
Respiratory therapy, other coded services creating software snags under new MDS
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 17, 2023
More than two weeks into dealing with a large-scale update to the Minimum Data Set, providers continue to grapple with a range of coding concerns, including an inability of some software systems to capture...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Oct. 17
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 17, 2023
Former nursing home worker charged with $100K fraud related to “ghost” employees … Landlord fights for nursing home’s license after facility was closed suddenly … More patients go home instead...
New research ties unions to lower nursing home staff turnover. Could they be a key partner ahead of federal...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 13, 2023
Union representation is linked to a significant reduction in nursing home staff turnover, according to a first-of-its-kind research letter published today in JAMA Network Open.