Medicaid cuts would hurt opioid epidemic efforts, experts tell White House
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Elizabeth Newman
Jun 20, 2017
Cuts to Medicaid, whether they are in President Trump’s budget or via the GOP healthcare bill, would hurt efforts to curb opioid addiction, according to attendees at the White House’s first...
Nursing home residents, state officials clash over wild pet duck
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Oct 02, 2015
Residents at a California senior living facility are facing off with state wildlife officials over a wild duck they’ve raised as a pet for the past two years.
After sending hundreds of holiday cards, NJ toddler turns focus to Valentine’s Day
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Danielle Brown
Jan 06, 2022
After sending hundreds of handmade cards to local nursing home residents this Christmas season, a New Jersey 3-year-old now has her attention turned to Valentine’s Day and ensuring seniors feel the...
Fears become reality? Surveyor may have exposed residents, staff to COVID-19
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Danielle Brown
Apr 19, 2021
Provider concerns about surveyors potentially spreading COVID-19 throughout facilities due to a lack of required testing before entering may be justified after a report that a health department employee...
AOTI’s topical oxygen line adds treatment for larger-extremity wounds
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 07, 2020
Advanced Oxygen Therapy expanded its multimodality topical wound oxygen product family with a new, larger extremity-chamber that will allow more patients with non-healing wounds to benefit. The new chamber...
Lawmaker calls for ‘science’ as guide to VA COVID-19 care after controversial experimental drug use
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Danielle Brown
Aug 11, 2020
A U.S. congresswoman is seeking answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ following a state-run center’s decision to prescribe a controversial drug to nursing home residents battling COVID-19.
Proposal would require HHS to create nursing home strike teams for infection control
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Danielle Brown
Jul 29, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services would have to develop strike teams that would help nursing homes test residents for COVID-19 and assist with infection control practices under the GOP’s newly...
Ask the payment expert: What is the best way not to lose 2% of the Annual Payment Update?
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Caryn Adams
May 01, 2020
Even though we are getting a temporary break from it due to pandemic relief, what is the best way not to lose 2% of the Annual Payment Update?
It’s official: Providers asked to prepare for coronavirus outbreaks
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Danielle Brown
Feb 27, 2020
Long-term care and other providers are being prodded into action for a potential coronavirus outbreak in the United States following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials’ warning that...
New tech platform picks up first customers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 08, 2019
National Lutheran Communities & Services has selected Petalo, a company focused on interoperability, to deploy an innovative technology platform at two of its Washington, D.C.-area facilities. Features...