Ransomware ‘bull’s eye’ grows, clouding telehealth’s rise in long-term care
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 19, 2021
Even as COVID-19 and its emphasis on telehealth have opened providers to greater cybersecurity risks, insurance policies that offer potential protection are becoming more expensive, and in some cases,...
CMS outlines 4-pronged minimum staffing study
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 23, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday revealed more details about how it will use nursing home site visits, data and other tools to formulate a minimum staffing standard, one that is meant...
Union officials: Nursing home in bankruptcy raided by federal agents while residents watched
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Kimberly Marselas
May 23, 2018
Residents of a Connecticut nursing home that is already facing bankruptcy watched Tuesday as federal agents raided the facility’s administrative offices.
Crustaceans feed new wound dressing
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2017
A novel compression dressing made from an antibacterial substance formed from the shells of crustaceans may prevent infections in wounds.
Sabra sheds some SNF assets but remains ‘bullish’ long-term
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 05, 2022
Sabra Healthcare’s skilled nursing share has fallen to its lowest point in five years, but the real estate investment trust has no plans to let its skilled segment become a minority player, CEO Rick...
With new CDC guidance, providers duck ‘up-to-date’ vaccination concerns
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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...
It’s a starry night at 3rd Annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards ceremony
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2021
The McKnight’s brands honored dozens of dedicated caregivers, industry trailblazers and a veritable Who’s Who list of influential veterans as part of their third annual Women of Distinction event.
Risk-bearing execs: Operators need to ‘make some noise’ to make some money
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 10, 2021
Skilled nursing providers looking to take on risk for long-term viability need to start getting creative, warn two executives in the business of connecting payers and providers in value-based partnerships.
Rule aimed at reducing red tape to come later, or maybe not all
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 20, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has officially delayed action on a three-year-old proposal to reduce some duplicative and “unnecessary” requirements for nursing homes another year, with...
Skin-like sensors could detect healing
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Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2019
A new form of electronics that integrates with human skin could allow wound tracking in real time over long periods.