Agency’s crackdown on drug thefts hurts nursing home residents, senators say
Oct 30, 2009
The Drug Enforcement Agency’s efforts to combat narcotics abuse and theft in nursing homes actually negatively affect those residents and hospice care patients who need pain medications, two senators...
Pine Grove Nursing Center selects Vocollect
Jan 11, 2012
Pine Grove Nursing Center has implemented AccuNurse voice technology, the device distributor recently announced. AccuNurse’s voice-based technology allows the operator to improve care while preparing...
The time is here: Submit your entry to McKnight’s Tech Awards by tomorrow
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Jul 27, 2017
Long-term care providers have until 11:59 p.m. tomorrow to enter the McKnight’s Technology Awards. Don’t miss a chance to earn recognition for caregiving efforts aided by some form of technology.
GAO: More workplace protection needed
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 06, 2016
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration should do more to protect healthcare employees from workplace violence, according to a federal report.
Also in the News for Monday, October 17
Oct 17, 2016
HCP spin-off of ManorCare portfolio expected to be final Oct. 31 … HHS finalizes physician payment system … New form of ibuprofen may provide faster pain relief, fewer side effects
Reform policies ‘double down’ on decades-long failures, LTC physicians warn
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Danielle Brown
Mar 07, 2022
The Biden administration’s approach toward nursing home reform uses the unsuccessful and “punitive” tactics that haven’t proved to advance quality for years, according to a top industry group.
Nursing home workers, caregivers call for increased staffing requirements, protections
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Danielle Brown
Feb 09, 2021
Long-term care workers in Pennsylvania are seeking significant reform of the state’s nursing home regulations, demanding higher minimum staffing requirements in the wake of COVID-19.
AARP urges lawmakers to exempt Medicare from tax bill cuts
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Dec 11, 2017
One of the nation’s largest senior advocacy groups is warning lawmakers of the “lasting impact” of Medicare cuts that would be potentially included in the GOP’s final tax reform...
Proposed Medicare cuts still trouble healthcare providers
By
Liza Berger
Dec 01, 2009
As time drew nearer for the resolution of healthcare reform, various sectors of the healthcare community, including long-term care, were still scrambling to shore up funding.
Nursing home community cautiously optimistic on new RUGs proposal
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Haymarket Media
May 17, 2005
Providers remained cautiously optimistic Monday following Friday’s highly anticipated release of newly proposed nursing home payment reforms by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.