New employment rules offer nursing homes short-term fixes
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 25, 2022
Rules about who can work in nursing homes under what circumstances are changing across the country as providers continue to grapple with unprecedented staffing challenges.
MDS coordinator strain hits nursing facilities where it hurts most
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 29, 2022
Labor shortages are costing providers deeply, but new data finds workforce issues are also impeding their ability to collect payment for services they’ve already delivered.
Investigation into alleged COVID-era neglect reveals previous short-staffing cover-up, prosecutors say
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 26, 2021
A criminal investigation into one Pennsylvania nursing home led to an indictment against a related facility’s former administrator, who now faces federal charges for inflating staff reports.
Short-handed or short-sighted?
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Feb 15, 2017
When we communicate that we are having staffing issues, whether or not that communication is correct, we are telling the residents and their families that we can’t do our jobs.
AI-shortened nursing home stays drive potential class action suit against insurer
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 16, 2023
The nation’s largest insurer is illegally using programs driven by artificial intelligence to override the decisions of medical professionals and wrongfully force seniors from nursing homes, a potential...
New COVID testing shortages and delays evoke comparisons to earlier pandemic days
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 03, 2021
A national shortage of COVID-19 testing supplies — stretched thin after a months-long delta variant surge — is once again threatening safety at nursing homes dependent on testing to stay ahead...
Feds stop grants to nursing homes for ‘comprehensive review’ of CMP program
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 14, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has paused most grants distributed from its civil monetary penalty reinvestment program, leaving some nursing home leaders without a much-needed funding source...
We’ve built it, but help isn’t coming fast enough
By
Brendan Williams
Mar 30, 2022
In the movie “Field of Dreams,” Karin Kinsella assures her father, Ray, that “people will come” to his farm’s baseball field as he faces foreclosure. Those of us who are long-term care advocates...
Reforms could start sooner than one year, Becerra says in ‘monumental’ nursing home meeting
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2022
The federal government will meet or exceed a goal of implementing key nursing home reform measures within a year, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Wednesday.
Also in the News for Friday, Nov. 10
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 10, 2023
CNA association pushes patient-centered care pay reform as staffing fix … LeadingAge coverage: ‘Epic’ workforce challenges can be met with short-, mid- and long-term solutions … Resident charged...