Nursing home agrees to $400K discrimination settlement as new pregnancy fairness rule looms
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 13, 2023
An Illinois nursing home owner must pay $400,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging it discriminated against and fired pregnant employees, the Equal Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday.
Also in the News for Thursday, April 13
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 13, 2023
Some OSHA workplace violence prevention proposals too ‘prescriptive’ or duplicative, LeadingAge says … NJ media calls for vote on nursing home reform legislation after second comptroller’s report...
BREAKING: CMS failed to publicly post deficiencies for two-thirds of nursing homes, OIG finds
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2023
Medicare’s Care Compare site did not accurately reflect nursing home deficiencies in two-thirds of listings reviewed by a federal watchdog agency, a finding that implies more than 10,000 health, life...
Also in the News for Wednesday, April 12
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2023
MDS submissions paused starting Thursday for transition to iQies system … Only half of nursing home complaints being investigated in Delaware … Long-term care hospitals face proposed CMS pay cut …...
Florida’s ‘free kill law’ fails the optics test
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 11, 2023
A state tort reform effort that already stood to make nursing homes look pretty callous toward residents’ families got even uglier this week.
‘Huge’ concern: Providers eager for CMS clarification on employee retention funds
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 11, 2023
Providers are anxiously waiting on formal confirmation from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that any payments made to nursing homes through the COVID-related Employee Retention Credit program...
Also in the News for Tuesday, April 11
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 11, 2023
Four Massachusetts nursing homes finalize closures following state bed-reduction effort … Brandt tapped for ProMedica promotion … CMS allows nursing homes, other healthcare facilities to use green...
State cases add to SNF worries
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2023
An annual report outlining fraud control activities in the nation’s Medicaid facilities portends a challenging year ahead.
60 Seconds with … Sarah Berry, MD
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2023
Sarah Berry is a clinical researcher who compared delivery of therapy to nursing home residents before and after the pandemic started.
Smoking may drive diabetic foot ulcer severity
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2023
Diabetic foot ulcers are more severe among men than women when patients are first seen, even when members of both sexes present for care at the same length of time after onset.