Nov. 8 webcast focuses on “The Key to Quality in 2013: Staffing”
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 08, 2012
The latest in a long line of successful McKnight’s webcasts will give listeners “The Key to Quality in 2013: Staffing” on Nov. 8. Attendees of the no-cost event will learn how heavily...
Mother Nature pummels New York City area yet again, forcing nursing home evacuations
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 08, 2012
The residents of four New York City-area adult health care facilities, who were not evacuated for Hurricane Sandy, were forced to move Tuesday before a new storm hit the area Wednesday. State and city...
Two providers receive prison time, fines for Medicare/Medicaid fraud
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 08, 2012
The cases involve $7.7 million in false claims in Washington, D.C., and a 15-month prison sentence for a Florida assisted living owner who sent patients to fraudulent mental health providers.
CMS nudges beneficiaries away from low-performing MA plans
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 07, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is encouraging around 375,00 Medicare Advantage members to re-evaluate their plans.
Study shows long nursing shifts lead to dropouts, unhappy patients
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 06, 2012
Nurses who work long shifts are more likely to leave the profession, and also have dissatisfied patients, a new study finds.
CMS issues full Sandy waivers
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 06, 2012
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued blanket waivers that include skilled nursing providers. That means long-term care facilities in New York and New...
$15 million federal grant will put more advance practice nurses into nursing homes
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 06, 2012
A $15 million grant from the Centers from Medicare & Medicaid Services will allow more advance practice nurses to be in skilled nursing facilities in Missouri.
Analysts: Small-business employee insurance down but reform should help
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 05, 2012
Fewer small-business employees, especially those earning low wages, were offered health insurance in 2010, or could afford it, an analysis finds.
More active treatment of depression in older women needed, researchers say
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 05, 2012
Depression significantly affected the lifestyles of about one-fifth of participants in a study focusing on women 65 and older, researchers say.
HHS issues yet another rule calling for 26.5% physician pay cut
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 05, 2012
The Department of Health and Human Services released new rule proposals Thursday, including one that calls for a 26.5% statutorily required pay cut for Medicare physicians in 2013