Get those McKnight’s Women of Distinction nominations in today
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 15, 2020
Your final chance to nominate a difference-maker for the 2020 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards is just hours away. An extended application period closes at midnight ET tonight. Women of Distinction...
Loopholes remain in rush to upgrade nursing home staffing requirements
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Kimberly Marselas
May 28, 2021
Lawmakers in several states have turned their attention to a popular scapegoat of COVID-19’s virulent spread in long-term care: staffing levels.
LeadingAge CAST releases Health Information Exchange selection tool
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 29, 2019
The LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) has launched a Health Information Exchange (HIE) selection tool, a multi-part resource that will help care providers understand, plan for, choose,...
Healthcare employers can offer babysitting app free to working parents
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 27, 2020
Employers in the healthcare sector have a new perk to offer frontline employees: membership to a babysitting app. The Swishboom babysitting app is providing 25,000 annual memberships to give away to...
New overtime payment rule closer to reality
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 20, 2017
A new overtime rule could hit employers as soon as next October, the U.S. Department of Labor announced in its fall regulatory agenda.
Dietitians urge CMS to keep extra pay for malnourished nursing home residents
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 11, 2024
Dietitians who work with nursing home patients are urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to remove critical coding that helps identify seniors either with malnutrition or at risk for...
OIG to audit nursing homes’ use of related parties
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 24, 2022
A federal watchdog plans to audit nursing homes’ use of related parties, and the results could ultimately lead to even more oversight for the already highly regulated sector.
Case could change nursing meal breaks
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 06, 2015
A California court case concerning waived breaks could have widespread implications for healthcare workers encouraged to give up meal time during extra-long shifts.
Antibiotics may fuel delirium that causes SNF placement
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 04, 2016
The delirium that often lands seniors in nursing homes can be triggered by commonly prescribed antibiotics — a culprit doctors might overlook.
Another state accused of improprieties in granting private Medicaid contracts
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 17, 2018
A Pennsylvania Court has ruled the state’s Department of Human Services violated procurement rules when an official met with top executives of a company bidding for a share of its Medicaid service...