State investigates facility said to have zero clinical staff as nursing home transfers to new owner … Newly unionized therapists threaten strike at troubled PA nursing home … Health task force...
Also in the News for Monday, April 8, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2024
Long-term care industry needs to raise the bar for onboarding: survey … Lawmakers embrace bill prohibiting LTC owners or staff from becoming guardians of residents … Change Healthcare facing at least...
Newsweek names infection prevention bests
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Kimberly Marselas
May 27, 2020
Newsweek, in partnership with The Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit that evaluates healthcare quality, kicking off a new healthcare ratings series with a look at the nation’s best infection prevention...
CMS workforce policies, productivity in Congressional spotlight
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 24, 2023
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) gave Health and Human and Services Secretary Xavier Becerra a drubbing this week over “generous telework policies” that he said were likely affecting the department’s productivity.
Penalty money funds person-centered care initiative for Georgia nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2018
A $1.6 million grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Georgia State Survey Agency will help nursing homes across the state better understand their residents’ needs and deliver...
Administrators and DONs at ‘breaking points’ in 2022 McKnight’s Mood of the Market
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 15, 2022
Nearly 60% of long-term care nurse leaders have seriously considered quitting their jobs in the last three months, a nearly 10-point jump since 2021, according to the fourth annual McKnight’s Mood of...
Shrinking lender pool could threaten a hot LTC market, Ziegler warns
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 08, 2021
A declining pool of lenders may have undercut some deals during what was otherwise a fast-paced quarter for mergers and acquisitions in long-term care and seniors housing.
Back from the brink: Inside the battle to save nation’s second-largest nursing home
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 15, 2024
BALTIMORE — Two years after federal officials stripped the nation’s second largest nursing home of its Medicare and Medicaid certification, officials have outlined the 960-step plan it took to walk...
BREAKING: CMS failed to publicly post deficiencies for two-thirds of nursing homes, OIG finds
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2023
Medicare’s Care Compare site did not accurately reflect nursing home deficiencies in two-thirds of listings reviewed by a federal watchdog agency, a finding that implies more than 10,000 health, life...
Also in the News for Friday, Jan. 14
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 13, 2022
Lack of home tests undermines visitors’ ability to enter California nursing homes … Michigan audit to show ‘nearly 30%’ more COVID deaths tied to LTC facilities … Justice Department launches...