Drug-stealing nurse gets to keep her job, arbitrator rules
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 05, 2019
An Ontario nursing home must rehire a registered nurse who was caught stealing opioids on the job — and compensate her for her losses, according to an arbitrator’s ruling.
Coroner: Enhance LTC death reporting
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 05, 2019
A Pennsylvania county coroner is pushing for law changes that would require eldercare providers to publicly report all resident deaths.
A Day in the Life: Faux bus stop curbs wandering
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 05, 2019
With a high number of dementia patients in its long-term care wing — and problems with them wandering out the front door — a Texas provider decided to try something different.
Profile: Julianne Williams’ golden touch continues
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 05, 2019
Julianne Williams takes the term “hands-on” leadership to a whole different level.
Staffing ‘crisis’ hitting directors of nursing hard, new industry analysis finds
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 06, 2019
A new analysis finds that the staffing crisis plaguing entry levels of long-term care is trickling upward to impact nursing leaders.
Skilled nursing company to pay nearly $10M to settle False Claims allegations
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 06, 2019
A Nashville-based skilled nursing company has agreed to pay $9.8 million to settle allegations that it forged physician’s signatures to certify patients’ entry into its facilities.
SNFs get new guide book for using telemedicine to evaluate change of status
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 06, 2019
A guide out this month gives skilled nursing leaders more direction on the use of telemedicine to better treat residents. Experts with the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and several other...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Feb. 6
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 06, 2019
Senate leader demands update on what CMS is doing to address nursing home emergency prep … Nursing facilities face new village fee for lift-assist requests involving fire department … Industry advocates...
Congressional leader fears false diagnosing, wants more scrutiny of nursing homes’ antipsychotic use
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 05, 2019
The leader of a congressional committee overseeing Medicare wants to put nursing homes’ use of antipsychotics under the microscope.
Genesis to buy back real estate from Welltower, get relief from rent rises
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 05, 2019
The nation’s largest skilled nursing chain is entering into a unique new arrangement to partially own some of its occupied properties while forgoing rent increases.