Another state looks to roll back nursing home fines as regulations miss the mark
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 09, 2023
New York is one of several states that are reconsidering, at least partially, their attempts to implement new staffing and fiscal transparency rules, given persistent workforce shortages that are leaving...
Provider accused of violating state rules as it shutters 4 SNFs
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Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 13, 2023
A pair of citizen advocacy groups want the state of Massachusetts to take over half of the nursing homes on the western side of the state slated for closure to avert what they call a chaotic transfer process.
Court: Refusal to readmit patient after hospital psych evaluation is an ‘involuntary transfer’
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 10, 2023
A California Superior Court judge ruled that a state nursing home illegally evicted a resident by refusing to re-admit a woman who had been transferred to a hospital for a psychological evaluation following...
Medical marijuana lawsuit highlights provider trap as laws clash
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Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 11, 2023
A new case challenging an applicant’s dismissal due to medical marijuana use is raising concerns about what kind of legal protection job seekers and facilities have — especially amid a national nursing...
Pay boost might not absorb ‘sudden changes or shocks’ but providers mostly content with 3.7% hike
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 06, 2023
The official comment period for a proposed 3.7% nursing home pay hike closed Monday with just 45 comments, a historically paltry number indicating that, unlike previous pay rules, the sector is mostly...
Women fighting deep under-representation in nursing home leadership roles
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Jessica R. Towhey
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 16, 2023
A 15-point percentage gap exists between the number of women working in healthcare and women fighting for respect in leadership roles, according to a new report from a leading career website.
16 bills in healthcare package, but little to show for nursing homes
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Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 20, 2023
As lawmakers in Nebraska this week moved forward with 16 bills devoted to shoring up the state’s largely rural healthcare system, one sector went mostly unaddressed.
Providers must confront radical change in shifting competitive landscape: experts
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Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 09, 2023
Aging services and the long-term care sector will radically change over the next 10 years as the number of seniors seeking care grows exponentially, according to experts participating in a symposium focusing...
Esmerelda Lee emigrated from South Africa during apartheid, planning to study medicine in the United States. What she may not have expected was that her model of steadfast leadership and commitment to...
CMS to lose half of staff in shutdown, full impact on providers uncertain
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Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 28, 2023
Nursing home providers should not see any interruption in Medicaid and Medicare benefits during a short-term government shutdown, experts and sector observers said as Congress moved closer to the precipice...