CMS updates survey guidelines for antipsychotic drugs in dementia care
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McKnight's Staff
May 31, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated survey guidelines regarding nursing homes’ use of antipsychotic medications for dementia care. The 59-page interim guidance revises Appendix...
SNF execs ordered to repay $23 million
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Elizabeth Newman
Jan 02, 2013
A well-known former nursing executive must repay the federal government $13.8 million for fraudulent business practices. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Mary M. Lisi handed down the ruling for the misuse...
AHCA, federal officials spar in arbitration lawsuit briefs
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Nov 04, 2016
The American Health Care Association and the Department of Health and Human Services hashed out their arbitration-related arguments in two briefs recently filed in support of their legal battle over pre-dispute...
Ask the Care Expert about … preparing for time off
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Sherrie Dornberger
Sep 05, 2016
I love going to conferences and I learn a lot, but it seems like they always put me in a hole at work, both before and after. What can I do?
State nursing homes receive money to raise wages
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Feb 01, 2016
The Massachusetts nursing home industry has pledged to raise worker wages as part of receiving an extra $30 million in state funding — but union officials want assurance the funds will hit front-line...
October Company Briefs
Oct 01, 2020
One Equity Partners and The Silverfern Group have acquired American Medical Technologies, an independent provider of wound care programs for more than 6,000 U.S. long-term care facilities.
Healthy info exchange between providers found to cut readmissions
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Marty Stempniak
Feb 08, 2019
A new study further confirms what the field has suspected — efficiently exchanging health information between nursing facilities and other providers helps to reduce costly readmissions back to the hospital.
Federal report recommends killing certificates of need for nursing homes
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 05, 2018
A new federal report is suggesting getting rid of certificate of need requirements for nursing homes to help fuel more choice and competition in the field.
Kindred shareholders approve sale to Humana
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 06, 2018
Another milestone was reached Thursday on the road to combining two healthcare behemoths, one of them a former skilled nursing giant.
Can massive nursing homes strike be averted? That’s the $280 million question
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Danielle Brown
May 12, 2021
An additional $280 million in funding for nursing homes — including a 10% boost for Medicaid and a 4.5% wage increase — has been proposed by Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) in an effort to avert a...