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Are risk management and corporate compliance necessary?
By
Rebecca Lowell
Feb 21, 2014
Risk Management and Corporate Compliance are both integral components of effective administration and both are necessary within the healthcare setting.
Retirees’ long-term care risk management plans may not be realistic, actuaries find
Mar 25, 2011
Planning for long-term care continues to be a major concern for many facing retirement, but their risk-management plans need some improvement, according to a new report from the Society of Actuaries.
Good long-term care governing practices improve risk management
By
Julie Williamson
Sep 01, 2007
A strong, committed long-term care governing board can raise a facility’s risk management policies to new heights.
Sanchez joins Pendulum LLC
May 12, 2014
John Sanchez has joined Pendulum LLC as its Vice President Compliance – Risk Management. He begins June 1.
Therapy dogs can transfer MRSA and C. difficile among nursing home residents, researchers say
May 08, 2009
A recent Canadian study finds that methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and C. difficile can be transferred between long-term care residents and therapy dogs, opening a new possible avenue...
House measure would outlaw nursing home arbitration clauses
May 23, 2008
Nursing home operators would be unable to subject residents and prospective residents to binding arbitration clauses under a bill introduced Thursday afternoon in the U.S. House. When a companion bill...
Researchers: Nursing home residents attacking each other more often than expected
Jun 04, 2008
Nursing home residents are lashing out at each other verbally, physically and in other ways more often than previously believed, according to Cornell University-based researchers.
Unconventional ways to assess risk in nursing homes
By
Connie Polke
Mar 30, 2021
The purpose of a qualified risk management department in healthcare is to assess, monitor, and implement plans and policies in order to decrease their exposure. There are many areas that need to be addressed...
Program to reduce hospital readmissions would link nursing homes with partners
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 15, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is setting aside $128 million for organizations that collaborate with nursing homes to establish programs that prevent residents from going back to hospitals...