After record penalties, providers can protect themselves from the DOJ with 3 priorities, experts say
By
Joe Bush
Nov 28, 2022
The Department of Justice is on pace to hand out a record $5.6 billion-plus in total fines and penalties under the False Claims Act this year, a clear indicator that the agency has removed the kid gloves...
LTC must provide full access to patient health data under Cures Act Final Rule
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 07, 2022
As of Oct. 6, LTC facilities, home health entities and other stakeholders must provide patients with no-cost, easy access to a wider swath of electronic health information under the 21st Cures Act of 2016,...
With new CDC guidance, providers duck ‘up-to-date’ vaccination concerns
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 27, 2022
While masking and screening of nursing home workers and visitors may no longer be required in areas with lower COVID-19 transmission rates, vaccination and testing efforts will be crucial if providers...
Nexion Health outlines efforts to keep staff above water with internal float pool
By
Joe Bush
Sep 23, 2022
Riner is among the many administrators working to move away from using agency workers to help with staffing shortages, in her case, through the development of an in-house staffing pool, or float pool.
Heated COVID-19 nursing home hearing elicits appeals for employee investment, more immigrant workers
By
Joe Bush
Sep 22, 2022
Many problems that afflicted nursing homes before the pandemic were thrust into the spotlight because one-fifth of the nation’s pandemic-related deaths have been connected to nursing homes.
Solutions and hope may be offered at today’s House nursing home COVID-19 hearing
By
Joe Bush
Sep 21, 2022
Nursing home advocates and researchers hope today’s House subcommittee hearing will spur legislative action to help the sector recover from the ravages it’s still feeling from COVID-19.
New CMS data platform raises concerns about access, worker privacy
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 20, 2022
A technology change is raising concerns about data access and worker privacy as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services transitions to a new, more secure data-reporting process.
Senate considers push to free immigrants’ path to long-term care jobs, ease staffing crisis
By
Joe Bush
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 16, 2022
Part of the skilled nursing sector’s staffing shortage could be eased with a change in U.S. immigration policies.
Residents suffered during lockdowns, but new study shows cognition didn’t
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 14, 2022
Residents in long-term care did not suffer steeper cognitive declines because of COVID-19-related isolation, countering a fear widely held early in the pandemic, investigators say.
SNFs may be liable if they don’t try to stop residents’ racial bias against workers, legal expert...
By
Joe Bush
Sep 12, 2022
A staff member’s civil rights at work are more important than a patient’s right to express himself or herself, a new lawsuit brings back into focus.