Tracing tools aim to reduce spread of COVID-19, meet regulations
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 24, 2020
Five organizations that serve long-term care facilities have teamed up to create Tracking-19, a free resource that helps nursing homes manage the exponential increase in the number of COVID-19-related...
Rocky Knoll Health Care Center wins Gold with innovative vibration technology for low-mobility residents
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 05, 2020
Four years ago, Rocky Knoll Health Care Center invested in a device that uses vibration to reduce atrophy and pain in low-mobility patients receiving therapy.
Nursing homes have to fight for pay protections in Medicare Advantage rule: expert
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 27, 2023
Providers must play an active role in stopping aggressive Medicare Advantage practices that have for years limited access to skilled nursing care, a top managed care expert warned administrators gathered...
How QIOs, strike teams helped in COVID-19 trenches with majority of nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 04, 2021
Federal strike teams and quality improvement contractors, acting in expanded roles, helped reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection by guiding interventions at more than half of all U.S. nursing homes, said...
Seniors capture memories for seniors
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 19, 2018
School’s out for summer, but Sarina Helmer and Arlene Schmid will always be able to look back on the time they spent together.
Major COVID outbreak, takeover demonstrate nursing home threat amid vaccination slide
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 28, 2023
Admissions have been halted at a skilled nursing facility that was part of one of the nation’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks as state officials raise major concerns about a new round of infection and deaths...
State lawmakers embrace small-house nursing homes, tackle prior authorization in ‘transformative’...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 21, 2023
A House bill, which passed 158-0 last week, prods the development of more “small house” nursing homes, promises better infection control responses and launches a pre-authorization pilot designed to...
Ancillary services drove complex deal in major CommuniCare expansion
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2022
Adding ancillary services is widely viewed as a way for nursing home operators to layer in sustainability. When it comes time to sell, those related companies and their revenue diversification can draw...
COVID negligence case sent back to state court, over providers’ repeated objections
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 21, 2024
A group of owners and operators who have tried at least three times to argue that the COVID-related civil cases in which they are embroiled belong in federal court has been defeated again.
Scrooged again: MA plans can’t escape criticism of clandestine coverage rules
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 02, 2024
If you were looking for someone deserving to be cast as Ebeneezer Scrooge this holiday season, Medicare Advantage insurers may have just locked up the audition (for this year and maybe future years too).