McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards showcase inspirational leaders in inaugural live event
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2023
More than 200 aging services professionals, business partners and supporters celebrated a who’s-who of industry veterans in grand style during the inaugural McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ceremony Tuesday...
A warning if you accepted Provider Relief Funds: Prepare to be audited
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 20, 2022
Skilled nursing providers who accepted Provider Relief Funds should prepare for widespread audits by later this year.
Expansion drove thousands of new Medicaid patients to nursing homes, but do they belong?
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 23, 2021
Medicaid expansion increased access to nursing home care for people younger than 65, but it’s unclear whether those patients would have been treated more adequately in other post-acute settings.
Profile: Still answering many calls
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2013
When he entered nursing school, Steve Proctor was answering a call to serve others that he first heard years earlier. As a child growing up near Lake Huron, Proctor suffered from severe allergies and asthma...
Grabowski: Too many loopholes in federal vaccine mandate may retain staff, but endanger residents
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 24, 2021
Federal officials might pursue a regional approach or offer exemptions in finalizing a nursing home staff vaccination mandate, but it’s important they not water down the regulations so much as to undermine...
Nursing homes struggling with nuances of federal visitation policy
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 19, 2021
A week and a half after nursing home operators across the country learned they could open their doors to visitors, many are still grappling with the nuances of new visitation guidelines issued by the Centers...
Awareness, control of high blood pressure slipping in U.S.
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 09, 2020
After almost 15 years of improvement, awareness among Americans about high blood pressure, how to control it and how best to treat it is on the decline, a new study finds.
Governor’s visit underscores new legislative attention on nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 10, 2023
A skilled nursing provider whose facility was the site of a victory tour for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz used the opportunity to ask for continued support for the sector and a permanent change to the state’s...
After major sell-off, Signature Healthcare rebounding: Sabra’s Matros
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Kimberly Marselas
May 05, 2023
Sabra CEO Rick Matros said Thursday that the real estate investment trust’s top three skilled nursing operators gained “traction” in the first quarter.
New nurse concierge program adds clinical prowess, staff relief
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 22, 2022
A new clinical concierge program is bringing extra support to skilled nursing and rehab patients and offering some relief for overtaxed frontline staff at a growing number of Mid-Atlantic facilities.