Certified nursing assistants have one of the highest reported rates of injury across the country and particularly in Ohio, according to a review of injury data and first-person stories reported in April...
Just a minute! RCS-1 timing is still up in air
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 08, 2018
No timeline has been set for finalizing or implementing a major replacement payment system for therapy patients, a federal official revealed on a national conference call in early March. The Centers for...
Industry balks at drug report
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 08, 2018
Skilled nursing leaders criticized a Human Rights Watch report on antipsychotics in February.
Fingerprint scanning leads to privacy fight
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 06, 2017
The latest tension between employee privacy and staffing procedures is embodied in an Illinois long-term care employee suing his workplace over twice-a-day required fingerprint scans.
Nurse’s online rant leads to guilty charge
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Jan 06, 2017
A Canadian nurse who posted on Facebook and Twitter about her frustrations over a relative’s skilled nursing care has been found guilty of professional misconduct by a nursing organization.
Settlements in four DOJ investigations to cost Genesis $52.7 million
By
Phil Brahm
Sep 05, 2016
Genesis Healthcare will pay $52.7 million under an agreement to settle four separate Department of Justice investigations, the nation’s largest long-term care company said.
HIPAA calls it: Phone theft costs $650,000
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 06, 2016
Federal regulators lowered the boom on the former owner of several nursing homes after an iPhone containing the medical records of more than 400 residents was stolen.
CMS: Provider results rising
By
James M. Berklan
May 04, 2016
A new release of data by federal regulators shows nursing home operators are improving.
False claims to fuel lawsuits?
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 04, 2016
Providers could be in store for a new, bigger wave of False Claims Act lawsuits, warn authors of a new report.
Minnix: We have outdated views on aging
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2015
Aging services over the next decade should be looking at redefining age, improving practices, innovating solutions and transforming policy, the leader of a top senior care association declared in April.