Pennsylvania Medicaid improperly paid sanctioned nursing homes
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Haymarket Media
Jul 12, 2004
Pennsylvania’s Medicaid agency wrongly paid more than $75,000 to 13 skilled nursing facilities that had been sanctioned for poor quality of care between 1999 and 2003, costing the federal government...
Study: Nursing homes facing more, more expensive lawsuits
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Haymarket Media
Jun 04, 2004
Nursing home operators have been hit by a huge increase in consumer lawsuits, according to a study sponsored by the largest nursing home association in the country.
Beverly bestows $1 million on school of nursing for geriatric nurses
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Haymarket Media
Apr 08, 2004
Long-term care giant Beverly Enterprises is providing a $1 million grant to the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing to provide scholarships and support for students interested in geriatric nursing.
Elderly patients receive lower quality of care than younger patients at trauma centers, study shows
Feb 01, 2011
Trauma centers in the United States and Canada are more adept at treating younger patients than elderly patients, according to new study findings.
QIOs uncertain how newly announced CMS plans will help many nursing homes
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James M. Berklan
Jul 16, 2020
QIOs and major provider organizations were caught off-guard by CMS’s declaration that expansive help would be provided to facilities across the country.
Nursing homes often fail to report abuse, OIG report asserts
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 12, 2019
Abuse or neglect, including among skilled nursing facility beneficiaries, resulted in around 1 in 5 high-risk hospital emergency room Medicare claims in 2016, a new government report finds.
Despite lack of complaints, CMS warns providers not to take resident stimulus checks
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Danielle Brown
Jun 12, 2020
Nursing home providers that seize stimulus checks from residents could be removed from participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the Trump Administration warned this week.
Longer breaks between shifts help nurses recover better, study says
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Jun 18, 2015
Allowing nurses longer rest and recovery periods between shifts may improve their sleep, ability to work, and overall well-being, a new study says.
Nurses often left out of error disclosure process, report finds
Jan 20, 2009
Nurses frequently do not play a role in telling patients about serious medical errors, according to a recently released Joint Commission report.
Nursing home sexuality shouldn’t be taboo, researchers say
Nov 18, 2008
Aging experts at Kansas State University have been researching ways to make nursing home staff more comfortable with their residents’ sexuality.