Patrick Neil Mescall, Ph.D., has joined VirtualHealth as its Senior Vice President of Channel Development.
Many LTC nurses wonder if they belong, new study finds
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Elizabeth Newman
Dec 06, 2017
Long-term care nurses often feel isolated from the rest of the healthcare workforce, asking themselves, “Am I actually a nurse?”
Third of nursing home residents list high pain levels in last months of life
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Alyssa Salela
Jun 30, 2017
One third of nursing home residents suffer significant pain in the last six months of life, a new study has found.
Ziegler closes financing for two facilities
May 23, 2017
Ziegler successfully closed a $175.1 million tax-exempt, fixed-rate Series 2017 financing for Mary’s Woods at Marylhurst Inc. and a $64 million Series 2017 financing for Collington Episcopal Life...
Winners announced for Scheduler of the Year
Apr 11, 2017
OnShift has announced the winners of its annual Scheduler of the Year Awards last week.
Lawmakers reintroduce bill to ensure observation stays count toward SNF coverage
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Mar 10, 2017
A bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced a bill on Wednesday that would require days spent by hospital patients in observation status count toward the three-day inpatient requirement for skilled nursing...
Learn about quality during Oct. 25 CE-approved webinar
Oct 19, 2016
Both assisted living and skilled nursing providers face increasing challenges in recruiting and retaining workers. Staff turnover can hurt both clinical quality measures, and financial outcomes.
AHA: Proposal to ease Medicare appeals backlog a move in the ‘wrong direction’
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Aug 31, 2016
A recent federal proposal aimed at eliminating the backlog of Medicare appeals by 2021 would do little more than “scratch the surface of the problem,” according to the American Hospital Association.
Nursing achievement program receives $347,000 grant
Jul 12, 2016
American International College announced the receipt of a one-time $347,000 Nursing Workforce Diversity Grant from the Health Services and Resources Administration in support of its Nursing Education Achievement...
Feds want to remove pain questions from hospital report cards to combat opioid abuse
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Jul 08, 2016
Clinicians may feel less pressure to prescribe opioids to hospital patients under a proposal made Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.