Rulings continue to resist providers’ arbitration efforts
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 05, 2019
A series of arbitration rulings this fall set skilled nursing providers back on their heels.
Vax efforts get big boost(ers)
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2021
The battle over how best to protect long-term care residents from COVID-19 cases raged into early fall, with federal officials approving some booster shots and providers still awaiting details in mid-October...
Yardi integrates Kno2 into EHR platform
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
Yardi has integrated Kno2 into its electronic health record platform, enabling long-term care clients to securely share clinical records with more than 2.4 million healthcare providers nationwide.
New vax edict binds providers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2021
The push to vaccinate staff took on added urgency in late May, as federal regulators issued a new rule requiring all long-term care providers to report COVID-19 vaccination data weekly. Rates for both...
Court blocks effort to put an RN on every surveyor team
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 14, 2019
Thirty-one nursing homes that want a registered nurse to be on all survey teams had their case against the government dismissed recently, with a federal judge ruling they must exhaust administrative appeals...
60 Seconds With … Kathleen Unroe, MD
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2024
You’ve created an app to help make hospital discharge information more accessible to nursing home nurses. Why is this issue so important?
State news roundup
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 07, 2023
MASSACHUSETTS — Four nursing homes in the same county announced they would close by June, chased out of the state by a “reconfiguring” reform meant to improve the quality of care.
Flying blind with infection control
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2021
The need for infection preventionists has never been greater, but long-term care providers remain in the dark as to how and when they will need to fit new federally imposed criteria.
Evidence grows for benefits of digital contact tracing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2020
A digital contact tracing simulation reduced long-term care COVID-19 cases by 52% more than when using screening and other manual control efforts.
DFU patients shirk casts more than thought
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 12, 2023
Patients with diabetic foot ulcers who use removable cast walkers need more information to promote higher compliance and better healing, a study in the Journal of Wound Care finds.