Many state governments installed new regulations to govern nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, but those state-level policies weren’t clearly linked to reduced transmission, according to new...
Former nursing home CEO gets 2.5 years, must pay $11 million restitution for neglecting payroll taxes
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 09, 2024
The former CEO of a healthcare administrative services company was sentenced Friday to 30 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for failing to pay more than $10 million in payroll...
‘Granny cam’ bill joins national trend toward greater nursing home room monitoring
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Josh Henreckson
Jan 25, 2024
Adding to what has become a national trend, Iowa’s state legislature has advanced a bill that would allow residents and their families to install cameras in nursing home rooms.
Bill to cap agency worker charges and increase oversight grows support
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Josh Henreckson
Feb 05, 2024
A bill to increase regulation over temporary staffing agencies and legally cap what they can charge nursing homes advanced through an Iowa Legislature committee
Failure to account for cognitive limitations threatens reliability of complaint process: researchers
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Josh Henreckson
Feb 02, 2024
Regulators haven’t found a way to fully account for the ways Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias affect the nursing home complaint process, likely leaving some deficiencies unaddressed, a new study...
Optimizing RN responsibilities ‘more essential’ than staffing hours: study
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 02, 2024
While the long-term care sector braces for the announcement of a final nursing home staffing mandate from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, new analysis suggests that optimizing the role of...
Youth-led art program creates lasting connections with nursing home residents in 5 states
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Josh Henreckson
Mar 19, 2024
Today’s seniors and young adults may have grown up in completely different eras of music and media, but one growing program is proving that art can be a powerful bridge between generations.
State promises $1B to move 2,400 out of nursing homes after settling class action lawsuit
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 18, 2024
Massachusetts settled a class action lawsuit Tuesday, promising to invest $1 billion to enable 2,400 nursing home residents to move to community and residential settings over the next eight years.
‘Dangerous’ trend requires different support for new and experienced nurses: expert panel
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Josh Henreckson
Nov 13, 2023
Nurses need focused training and reliable support networks if the healthcare sector hopes to head off retention woes that are trending in a “dangerous” direction, a group of nursing experts...
Nursing homes bury 63 percent of profits in related-party tunnels, but not all play the game: study
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Josh Henreckson
Mar 08, 2024
As much as 63% of nursing home profits in Illinois were hidden from state regulators using related party transactions in 2019, according to the results of a new study from UCLA and Lehigh University researchers.