The government is expanding its research into alternative therapy payments, to consider more holistic changes to the way Medicare reimburses skilled nursing facilities, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
CDC tightens Ebola guidelines for healthcare workers
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 22, 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued more stringent guidelines for how healthcare workers should interact with Ebola patients, following an outcry from nurses and other professionals.
Nonprofit providers face alarming market forces, must rally, LeadingAge chairman says
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 22, 2014
Nonprofit long-term care providers must work together to address alarming trends, or their market share could plummet and the sector as a whole could falter, LeadingAge Chairman David Gehm told association...
Also in the news for Oct. 22, 2014 . . .
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 22, 2014
Walnuts may help prevent Alzheimer’s progression … Shift workers should avoid high-iron foods … More flexible response could save lives in disease outbreaks
Healthcare reform already driving diverse, dynamic long-term care models, LeadingAge leaders say
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 21, 2014
One way to gauge the effects is healthcare reform is by looking at ongoing changes to the continuing care retirement community model, LeadingAge officials said Monday at the association’s annual...
Subliminal messages: A basic part of nursing home care?
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 21, 2014
“Will your app deliver subliminal messages to my residents?” I did not hear that question yesterday while I wandered the expo hall at the annual LeadingAge conference. But perhaps I will next...
Medicare rules might have to be relaxed to give hospitals more say in where patients go for post-acute care, members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission proposed at a recent meeting in Washington,...
Nursing home workers told not to touch residents due to Ebola concerns
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 20, 2014
U.S. nursing home workers who hail from West Africa are being stigmatized as potential Ebola carriers and forbidden from touching residents, according to IRIN, an independent news service launched by the...
Former office manager charged with embezzling half a million dollars from residents
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 20, 2014
The former business office manager of a Michigan nursing home has been charged with embezzling more than $460,000 from the resident trust fund, the state’s attorney general announced last Thursday.
Facilities on high alert for Ebola in Ohio; authorities issue guidance
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 17, 2014
Federal and state organizations have released new Ebola guidance for healthcare workers in long-term care and other settings, following the second case of a nurse acquiring the virus in the United States....