While regulators are working furiously to push through a comprehensive nursing home reform agenda backed by the Biden administration, providers remain concerned about an earlier change whose impact is...
CMS targets more providers with pivot toward tougher surveys
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 31, 2022
A CMS leader says the agency is going to more closely monitor and inspect hospitals with high COVID-19 transmission rates following a spike in 2022.
Staffing ‘instability’ might be new mandate metric; providers gear up for battle
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 11, 2023
Average day-to-day staffing levels may be a key way to measure impact on nursing home care quality, a new study finds as federal regulators move closer to their goal of a proposed staffing mandate.
Recruiting immigrants? Invite them in and wrap them up
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 19, 2022
The message is clear then that providers who want to succeed while on this recruitment journey must prepare for some key challenges; chief among them is the idea that these workers, like any others, will...
Lawmakers target nursing homes’ biggest payer for fraud reduction
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 22, 2018
Two Congressional subcommittees focused on oversight are banding together to look at reducing fraud and waste in the Medicaid system.
Long-term care remains in the dark about infection preventionist requirements
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 13, 2021
The need for infection preventionists has never been greater, but 13 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care providers still remain in the dark as to who will fit the federal government’s final...
Ryan reverses course on targeting Medicare in 2018
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 21, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Wednesday that Medicare reform won’t be a focus for Republicans this spring despite a rash of Democratic warnings about major cuts to the program.
BaneCare patient survey leverages EHR
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 18, 2018
A Massachusetts-based senior care provider has created a resident experience survey that works with PointClickCare’s electronic health record platform to improve patient care.
CMS issues reprieve for 2,500 nursing homes yet to report COVID vaccination rates
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 15, 2021
Nursing homes that have not reported required resident and staff vaccination rates to federal officials will get a reprieve before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services begins assessing penalties,...
LTC-geared SUMMIT returns with wider appeal
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 27, 2022
The PointClickCare SUMMIT kicks off Tuesday in Las Vegas. The annual gathering has grown to reach beyond PCC users and partners, with 2022 sessions designed to focus on issues affecting a broad array of...