Minimum Data Set coordinators serve vital functions in today’s skilled nursing facilities — their ability to dig deep is so critical that one software executive likens it to navigating the Andromeda...
Once-faltering Consulate wins big under new state formula
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Kimberly Marselas
May 15, 2019
Despite questions about the fairness of a new state funding formula, the Florida Health Care Association says redistribution of Medicaid dollars should help facilities that have struggled with performance...
Providers critical of Trump budget, which would cut Medicare, kill AHRQ, slash IT agency
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 13, 2018
President Donald Trump has unveiled his spending priorities for 2019, releasing a budget that would eliminate 22 programs and agencies — including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality — and...
HMMC launches COVID-19 product exchange site
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 24, 2020
HMMC, the Healthcare Manufacturers Management Council, is facilitating the sale and exchange of COVID-19-related products with a new website. Members of HMMC and nonmember healthcare manufacturers can...
Big Apple visitor gives Australian facility resident ‘best’ day of her life
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 24, 2018
A walk through the halls of her Australian nursing home turned into the best day of Berenice Benson’s life when she found herself escorted by one of New York City’s finest.
Having My Say | When it feels like content is king, bring in the ‘X’
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2022
Given the chance to question a Washington correspondent for a major broadcast news organization recently, long-term care leaders didn’t drill down on budget reconciliations, Medicare coverage or healthcare...
As skilled nursing ‘teeters,’ leaders look to DC for help on pay rule and more
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2022
More than 500 skilled nursing providers are expected to arrive in Washington, D.C., Monday ready to press federal lawmakers for solutions on staffing and revenue issues that threaten patient access across...
Senator demands VA answers on oversight of state-run vets’ homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 02, 2021
The Department of Veterans Affairs has three weeks to deliver an accounting of the inspection and quality control processes it uses to assess a network of more than 150 state-run veterans homes.
Kansas employee’s email blast wrongly reveals personal information of 11,000 aging services recipients
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 05, 2018
A now-fired staff member with Kansas’ Department for Aging and Disability Services improperly disclosed personal information for 11,000 people in an email sent to multiple addresses, state officials...
Bill could create 10 value-based purchasing standards for nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 24, 2019
Legislation introduced late last week could significantly expand the way the government rewards success in nursing home care, laying the groundwork for as many as 10 value-based purchasing standards. Rep....