Added scrutiny forces state to triple nursing home citation amounts
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 24, 2023
Local media coverage has now led to the tripling of fines levied on Iowa nursing homes at least three times after state officials initially ignored a state mandate regarding repeat offenses.
Prosecutors target nursing homes that reject patients needing opioid treatment
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2022
A Massachusetts nursing home must pay a $5,000 penalty and revise its admissions policy over an alleged refusal to accept a patient needing medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.
PatientPing dedicates site to interoperability rules
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 10, 2020
PatientPing, the nation’s leading care collaboration platform, on Monday announced the launch of an educational website, www.adtnotifications.com, The site is dedicated to providing information on...
LeadingAge asks CMS to test new model for integrated senior care
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2017
Non-profit association pitches “visionary” community-based approach
Interface launches Embodied Beauty carpet tiles
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 04, 2020
Interface, a worldwide commercial flooring company, has unveiled its Embodied Beauty collection, which offers a variety of carpet tile designs inspired by and manufactured to respect nature. All seven...
As antipsychotic use appears to backslide among nursing home residents, risks mount
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 11, 2021
For more than a decade, patient advocates and federal regulators have called for a reduction in nursing homes’ use of antipsychotic medications, a class of drugs once widely associated with controlling...
With scope unknown, nursing homes brace for new schizophrenia audits
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 10, 2023
Three weeks after federal officials announced they would begin auditing nursing homes for overuse of schizophrenia diagnoses, providers are still looking for answers about what those investigations will...
Nursing home averts picket after promising $80K in bonuses
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 26, 2023
A group of nursing home workers who threatened to picket their employer this week put down the placards after being promised more than $80,000 in bonuses their union says they are owed.
Decorated walls and windows warm the soul at New York nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
May 16, 2018
Upstate New York is known for its beautiful vistas, but inside some private rooms at Betsy Ross Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, residents were stuck staring at empty walls.
Feds extend window for Provider Relief Funds, but will it matter?
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 11, 2023
Skilled nursing operators that didn’t land Provider Relief Funding in the federal COVID program’s final award phase might be in for a surprise — or they could ultimately face another round of disappointment.