Providers at nursing homes and continuing care retirement communities are being asked to take part in the biggest annual salary surveys of their kind.
CMS proposes fees for inspector ‘revisits’
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Haymarket Media
Jun 29, 2007
Nursing home providers are opposing a new federal regulatory proposal that would penalize healthcare facilities financially for revisits by facility inspectors.
Nurse manager’s education, experience influence use of evidence-based practices, survey shows
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 04, 2012
Longtime nurse managers or directors are the biggest barriers to implementing new evidence-based care practices, a survey finds.
AAHSA report: Americans think healthcare reform should include long-term care
May 22, 2009
Most Americans believe that long-term care services and supports should be a part of any upcoming healthcare reform, according to the results of a new survey from the American Association of Homes and...
Study: Adults pray for health
By
Mary Gustafson
Jul 01, 2011
Health struggles have spurred more Americans to prayer in recent years, a survey tracking prayer rates reveals.
Caregiver wages increase by nearly 4% last year
By
Haymarket Media
Sep 08, 2006
Wages rose by an average of 3.8% last year among U.S. workers who care for the elderly.
More than 50% of nursing home CNAs injured at work last year, some uninsured, new study finds
May 15, 2009
More than half of certified nursing assistants (CNAs) working in nursing homes sustained at least one work-related injury last year. Also, many reported being unable to afford employer-sponsored health...
Ask the legal expert … about surveyor citations
By
John Durso
Jun 05, 2015
One of the first opportunities for a facility to refute surveyor citations or deficiencies and have the survey agency remove them is the Informal Dispute Resolution (“IDR”) process or, when...
Questions about ACOs linger among healthcare providers, survey finds
Sep 26, 2011
As the Nov. 4 deadline for healthcare providers to get into the Bundled Payment initiative from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid approaches, healthcare providers are still struggling to figure out new...
MDS accuracy, staffing data among most cited deficiencies, CMS reveals
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Nov 08, 2016
Deficiencies in Minimum Data Set accuracy and posted nurse staffing information were the most commonly cited among MDS 3.0 Focused Surveys conducted in fiscal year 2015, according to a new report.