Group urges Congress to dump ‘unfair’ union persuader rule
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May 13, 2016
A recently passed labor rule aimed at making employers’ disclose their use of anti-union “persuaders” is “unfair and unlawful” and should be nullified, a leading labor coalition...
Having nun of it: Little Sisters of the Poor launch website, comic to fight ACA provision
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Feb 22, 2016
The Little Sisters of the Poor took their fight against the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate to the web — complete with visual aids — last week.
Switch of nation’s largest skilled nursing chain paves way for AHCA-Alliance merger
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James M. Berklan
May 29, 2013
While many details of the merger of the American Health Care Association and the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care are still being sorted out, one thing is clear: The agreement of nursing home giant...
Make CMS audits less burdensome, providers urge lawmakers
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 29, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services could take a variety of steps to make audits less burdensome, healthcare providers stated in white papers submitted to members of the Senate Finance Committee....
Humanizing and changing dementia care
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Karen Love and Jackie Pinkowitz
Aug 06, 2012
A new effort known as the Dementia Initiative germinated from the belief that there is a moral and ethical societal imperative to view and understand people living with dementia as whole beings, and not...
‘A big deal’: Former foes AARP, nursing home lobbying groups unite to improve eldercare
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Marty Stempniak
Apr 01, 2019
AARP, an occasional foe for nursing home advocates, is now joining forces with providers in Florida in a bid to together improve care for seniors.
GOP health plan moves forward, moving seniors closer to higher insurance rates, lower access to healthcare,...
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Elizabeth Newman
Mar 20, 2017
Seniors just shy of Medicare eligibility age could find their ability to pay for future long-term care services stymied due to projected rises in health insurance costs that would come under the House...
One in five SNF residents experience abuse from other residents, study finds
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Jun 15, 2016
At least one in five seniors living in nursing homes has experienced some sort of resident-on-resident abuse, a new study finds.
What the future holds
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John O'Connor
May 08, 2015
Like many people, I often wonder what operators should be doing to prep for the road ahead. So when the final program for last month’s NIC Capital Business Strategies Forum listed a session called...
Murray, Ryan begin budget negotiations as long-term care providers analyze White House plan
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 12, 2013
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) met Wednesday to discuss budget negotiations. The architects of the House and Senate budgets had a “constructive discussion” and are “working...