New skin injury standards may lead to clinical clarity but they also present myriad questions about billing and liability issues for many long-term care providers
Team coverage plans
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2015
When wound education specialist Rhonda Kistler travels to the 25 long-term care facilities in her region, she often works with wound care nurses on effective prevention strategies and improved interventions.
Supreme Court backs employers, arbitration over class-action claims
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Kimberly Marselas
May 22, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that private-sector companies may force employees to individually arbitrate alleged violations of federal labor law, rather than allowing them to seek class-action...
LeadingAge asks CMS to test new model for integrated senior care
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2017
Non-profit association pitches “visionary” community-based approach
Nurses modify meds as ‘necessary evil’
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 08, 2018
A study of geriatric care nurses found that many still crush medications, split doses or otherwise modify orally administered medicines — a practice they see as helping patients with swallowing difficulties,...
Family of resident left alone at medical appointment suing a year after he died
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 18, 2018
John “Jack” Walsh’s sisters were with him hours before he died. But later that day the nursing home resident was left alone at a medical appointment, walked out of the office and died...
CMS head: ‘We would not approve lifetime limits’ on Medicaid
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Kimberly Marselas
May 16, 2018
The head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Tuesday said her agency would not approve waivers calling for lifetime limits on Medicaid, saying officials had made that clear to states that might...
Supreme Court may revisit key False Claims decision
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 17, 2018
The Supreme Court may be willing to reconsider a ruling that has had a dramatic impact on False Claims cases since 2016, including an extraordinary $347 million reversal in favor of nursing home operator...
Analysis of antiseptics
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 01, 2014
Data-driven strategies, acute-care solutions and natural ingredients will be increasingly important in the battle against HAIs and communicable diseases
Plants and animals inspire tissue-restoring dressings
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
Engineers have developed two new nano ber dressings that accelerate healing and improve tissue regeneration. Both dressings — created by researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering...