Ask the legal expert: What is legal protocol for resident falls?
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John Durso
Apr 01, 2011
John Durso, Esq., Ungaretti & Harris LLP
BREAKING: CMS ends nurse aide certification waiver, many other COVID-19 allowances
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Danielle Brown
Apr 07, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is restoring training requirements for nurse aides who work at skilled nursing facilities after waiving them early during the COVID-19 crisis.
Changes to SNF inspections, staffing requirements and new quality measures coming in April, CMS says
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 06, 2019
The federal government is further tightening the screws on regulation of nursing home staffing and quality, with a big shakeup starting as soon as next month.
Fauci and colleagues: Expect a diagnostic challenge this flu season — and stress vaccine education
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Alicia Lasek
Oct 02, 2020
A winter featuring flu and COVID-19 may create a diagnostic muddle for clinicians, said NIAID Director Anthony Fauci in a Thursday news conference. There is a pressing need to educate patients about getting...
Pleas answered: Texas providers set to receive nearly $400 million for staffing
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Danielle Brown
Oct 21, 2021
After calling on state lawmakers to invest $400 million and help long-term care address critical workforce shortages, Texas providers are closer to receiving their wish after a critical funding bill was...
Coordinate locally to lower COVID-19 burden, facility study suggests
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 13, 2020
Three Michigan nursing homes worked hand-in-hand with local referral hospitals and labs to successfully contain facility COVID-19 outbreaks.
Washington state weighs LGBTQ training for long-term care workers
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 16, 2018
Washington state lawmakers heard testimony last week on a bill to improve long-term care for LGBTQ seniors.
Diversity in age, ethnicity of post-acute residents increasing, research finds
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Jun 30, 2016
The long-term care population has grown more diverse in age and ethnicity over recent decades, according to new research published in JAMDA: The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
Even with Medicare and Medicaid payment pressures, Kindred Healthcare’s RehabCare contract therapy division is holding steady, the company announced at the end of October.
Florida providers are working toward complying with the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate — despite Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) pledge that the state won’t enforce the regulation.