NY budget ‘sleight of hand’ means Medicaid increases for some, losses for others … CareTrust REIT reports SNF deals totaling $180 million … Rhode Island nursing home workers rally for state to...
First staffing mandate deadline nears, bringing compliance and legal threats: AHCA VP warns
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2024
Skilled nursing providers cannot “blow off” a fast-approaching requirement to update their facility assessments using new elements, a sector top advocate warned
Exemption window narrows, fears rising as staffing requirements appear less achievable
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2024
Long-term care advocates and providers from several states rallied Tuesday for relief from a staffing rule they say will be impossible to meet, despite their shared interest in hiring more direct care...
Campaign seeks to cut through ‘politicking though fear’ in nursing home staffing debate
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2024
For the second spring in a row, Washington, DC, is blanketed not by delicate cherry blossoms but by bold and inescapable messaging on a nursing home staffing mandate.
In Washington to champion skilled nursing, providers pick up another anti-staffing mandate measure in...
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2024
Federal lawmakers continue to look for ways to reverse a staffing rule that demands nursing homes hire more than 102,000 new staff members, with fresh promises Monday to pursue several paths forward.
The rise of the CXO, CPO and other HR execs transforming the nursing home employee experience
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2024
CareRite is using an approach more skilled nursing and senior living organizations appear to be embracing: elevating human resources to an executive-level position and giving them the support needed to...
Also in the News for Monday, June 3, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2024
Senator calls for investigation into UnitedHealth’s ‘negligent’ handling of Change cyberattack … Medline recalls 1.5M portable bed rails over entrapment, asphyxia risk … AHCA announces...
Vision Centre Symposium set for June 24-25
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Kimberly Marselas
May 31, 2024
The sixth annual Vision Centre Symposium is scheduled for June 24 and 25 at Indiana University-Indianapolis.
CareOne, HealthBridge ordered to pay 12 years’ back wages to striking workers they replaced
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Kimberly Marselas
May 31, 2024
The owner and manager of six Connecticut nursing homes must pay up to 700 former employees replaced during a 2012 strike for up to 12 years of back pay, a federal judge ruled this week.
Also in the News for Friday, May 31, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
May 31, 2024
Nebraska grant program will fund childcare construction at nursing homes … Genesis to close Pittsburgh nursing home it acquired 15 months ago; Steel City’s second closure in weeks … People with dementia...