LeadingAge: MA program failures jeopardize health of nearly 30 million older adults … Behavioral health is crucial ingredient in new Michigan home care program … Patients prefer to see test results...
Also in the News for Thursday, April 13
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 13, 2023
Some OSHA workplace violence prevention proposals too ‘prescriptive’ or duplicative, LeadingAge says … NJ media calls for vote on nursing home reform legislation after second comptroller’s report...
Feds try again to hold LTC management firm liable for residents’ racist treatment of employees
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 18, 2023
A federal agency is appealing a court ruling that removed some workers and released a retirement community’s management company from responsibility in a case alleging racist treatment by residents against...
Congress advisers back permanent telehealth expansions, look to nix in-person rule for behavioral telehealth...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2024
Maintaining Medicare beneficiaries’ access to telehealth services, especially for behavioral health, must remain an initial priority over payment reform or quality measurement, members of a congressional...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Feb. 22
By
Rachael Zimlich
Feb 22, 2023
Long COVID could lead to brain chemistry changes … COVID vaccination linked to decrease in heart attacks and strokes in people previously infected with the virus … FDA approves first medication designed...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 3
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 03, 2023
WHO: Switch back to trivalent flu shots … Vascular cells needed to form long-term memories … Radiation could treat inoperable kidney tumors … “Expired” COVID-19 tests may still be OK, feds say...
Lawmakers consider sweeping nursing home reforms, including rebased pay rates, and tuition reimbursement
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 21, 2023
Massachusetts nursing homes would have to report on all individuals who hold a 5% or larger ownership share, create fresh infection control plans and conduct annual training under a reform plan moving...
Two preeminent skilled nursing researchers are calling for significant changes to a proposed federal staffing mandate that would build on “the rule’s strengths while addressing shortcomings and minimizing...
Also in the News for Friday, Feb. 23, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2024
Ohio launches its own Nursing Home Quality Navigator … Vermont struggles with nursing home discharges … New group will advocate for dually eligible nursing home residents, other beneficiaries … Hospital...
With bankruptcies increasing, lawmakers look to regulate CCRC refund process
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2023
The bankruptcy filing of Illinois’ largest nonprofit life plan community has brought renewed attention to resident refunds, an issue already being targeted for reform by state lawmakers.