Nursing home must pay $21,000 for failing to accommodate CNA with arthritis
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 19, 2018
An employment safety watchdog is ordering one North Carolina provider to pay up after it fired a certified nursing assistant who was unable to perform her duties because of arthritis.
Start physical therapy sooner, lower risk of long-term opioid use: Study
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 19, 2018
Starting physical therapy early after a patient is diagnosed with pain can help to reduce both the amount and duration of time that the person is on painkillers.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Dec. 19
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 19, 2018
CMS announces plans for new regulatory reform office … SNF operators paying nearly $250,000 to settle discrimination claims … Lawsuit contends Medicaid waitlists violate disabilities act, force elderly...
What nursing homes can learn from a ‘troubling’ court decision on sexual consent
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 18, 2018
Navigating the nuances of nursing home resident sexual encounters has to be an extremely difficult proposition for administrators, and things just got a little thornier after a recent court ruling. The...
Feds to make it harder for hospitals to reject SNFs’ info requests
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 18, 2018
A new federal rule, long in the works, would make it more difficult for hospitals to block requests for patient information, including from skilled nursing providers.
Even the best providers still struggling with end-of-life care: Study
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 18, 2018
The majority of nurses see the delivery of end-of-life care in their institution in an unfavorable light, a new survey finds. Nearly 13,000 bedside nurses across almost 500 hospitals were asked about end-of-life...
Nursing home at ‘tipping point’ expands its repertoire to stem financial bleeding
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 18, 2018
A county-owned Illinois nursing home, which had reached a tipping point in its financial struggles, is taking a series of actions to try and bring itself back into the black.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Dec. 18
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 18, 2018
Senate passes landmark legislation to address Alzheimer’s disease … Flu season off to a slow start, but CDC seeing a steady rise in cases … Consumer advocates claim Arkansas nursing homes got an...
Hospice provider must pay $6M to settle False Claims Act allegations
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 17, 2018
An Atlanta-based hospice provider will pay almost $6 million to settle allegations of providing care to patients who weren’t dying.
‘Chronic underfunding of long-term care is coming home to roost’ in South Dakota
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 17, 2018
An unprecedented wave of nursing home closures is hitting South Dakota, fueled by what advocates say is “chronic underfunding” of Medicaid.