Software upgrade adds more security for controlled substance access
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 24, 2019
CUBEX LLC’s MedBank™ Solutions, a leading provider of first-dose and emergency medication technology, has significantly enhanced the software behind its cloud-based workflow solution to add a two-way...
Collapse of 75 jumbled entities leads to dissolution of senior care partnership
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 08, 2019
A judge this week dissolved a partnership behind a network of nursing homes and assisted living facilities in several states, criticizing the majority owner’s lack of cooperation and the “complicated...
Nursing home residents can use consumer law to challenge provider medical records practices
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 31, 2019
A Massachusetts woman who received incomplete nursing home records for her mother nearly two months after requesting was justified in using a state consumer law to sue, a court ruled Wednesday.
State bill requires nursing homes to report every death to local coroner
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2019
Nursing homes would be required to report every death in their buildings to a local coroner under a bill introduced in Pennsylvania last week. House bills 1713 and 1714, one each for nursing homes and...
No time to file CMP waiver? CMS rule could grant providers 35% relief anyway.
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 18, 2019
Even as complaint-based investigations tick up, federal regulators this week proposed several regulatory changes that would make it easier for skilled nursing providers to handle complaints and limit penalties....
From homey to techy
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2019
Innovation has driven changes in furniture and design over the last decade as providers search for the best combinations for their vulnerable populations.
Questions about PDPM, therapy and coding still stirring 3 months out
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 30, 2019
With exactly three months until the launch of a groundbreaking new payment methodology, many in the long-term care industry are still looking for answers to key questions about coding and therapy services...
Embattled Skyline operators fined $85k for wage theft
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 27, 2019
The penalties do not include $64,749 in back wages, which were covered by court-appointed receiver KCP Advisory Group.
Nicole Blanchard
Jun 27, 2019
Nicole Blanchard is a 2022 editorial intern for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News.
Providers receive two-year reprieve on non-emergency transport coverage
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 25, 2019
A month after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services planned to repeal a requirement that state Medicaid programs cover transportation for non-emergency medical care, the agency still has not acted....