President Joe Biden has told members of Congress that he will end the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on May 11, about a month after the current extension expires.
Kind named IT director at Kendal’s Admiral at the Lake
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 30, 2023
The Admiral at the Lake, a Kendal life care community in Chicago, named Zina Kind director of information technology in early January.
Nursing homes finally seeing benefits of Medicare Advantage supplemental services
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 30, 2023
Supplemental benefits designed to address seniors’ health and well-being have long targeted community-dwelling beneficiaries. They have grown from simple dental and vision add-ons to a wide swath of...
Also in the News for Monday, Jan. 30
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 30, 2023
ACHCA names Knapp, Savard, Siebel to Hall of Fame … State recommends license revocation for nursing home administrator behind alleged COVID testing fraud … VA to convert shuttered hospital into skilled...
Capasso named Health Dimensions Group senior care executive advisor
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 27, 2023
Long-term care management and consulting firm Health Dimensions Group has named John Capasso executive advisor of senior care.
Strategy to ‘harmonize’ COVID vaccine opens door to mandate, flu shot changes
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 27, 2023
An effort to streamline the national COVID-19 vaccination approach and shift to single, annual shots for most people may have major implications for nursing home staff.
Also in the News for Friday, Jan. 27
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 27, 2023
REIT ownership linked to decline in RN staffing, increases in LPN, CNA use … State official asks Sanford Health, Good Samaritan Society’s parent company, to delay merger with Fairview Health … Brazen...
Federal bill returning temporary nurse aide waiver gets new life
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 26, 2023
A bill that would allow non-certified nurse aides to work in nursing homes longer than four months has been reintroduced in the House of Representatives.
CMS begins publicizing disputed nursing home deficiencies
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 26, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday started showing whether facilities were formally disputing cited deficiencies.
Also in the News for Thursday, Jan. 26
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 26, 2023
Antipsychotic prescribing for dementia soared at COVID’s start and hasn’t fallen since: study … Houston-area nursing home destroyed by tornado … Report: Healthcare sector top target for data breaches...