Trial begins for CA nursing home investigator suing health department for alleged retaliation
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Mar 16, 2016
A unique trial involving a California nursing home evaluator suing the state health department has finally begun in San Diego County Court. The surveyor claims she was forced to close nursing home investigations...
Solar Senior Capital acquires Gemino Healthcare Finance
Oct 15, 2013
Solar Senior Capital Ltd. has acquired Philadelphia-based Gemino Healthcare Finance. Gemino will retain its name and operate independently. Its senior management team will continue providing leadership...
Testing beats symptom screening to identify COVID-19 infections in senior living: study
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Alicia Lasek
May 21, 2020
Aggressive infection control using universal testing in a Seattle senior living community appeared to halt transmission and prevent an outbreak.
Managed care holds opportunities for SNF, experts say
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 21, 2012
As states expand enrollment in managed care plans, operators should focus on quality improvement, according to panelists at a National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing and Care Industry session.
Lung problems persist among patients with COVID pneumonia, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 15, 2022
Nearly 40% of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia developed long-term pulmonary problems, no matter the severity of the original disease, the researchers report.
AHCA/NCAL names new board leaders, Parkinson says providers’ survival depends on quality improvement
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 10, 2013
Leonard Russ will lead the American Health Care Association’s Board of Governors as its new chairman, the organization has announced. The nation’s largest long-term care provider association...
Providers head into final phases of RoP
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Liza Berger
Nov 21, 2019
With Thanksgiving nearly here, providers will be thinking about more than turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and how they’re going to staff the long holiday weekend. They also realize they have...
Not-for-profit to train 25,000 LTC workers in disaster preparedness
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Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
Mather LifeWays, a not-for-profit organization is planning to offer a
national training program for long-term care providers to prepare them for natural disasters and public health emergency preparedness...
QAPI on minds of leadership
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 01, 2014
A critical decision in a Quality Assurance Performance Improvement plan is not what, but whom, to include, a former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official said at the annual NADONA conference.
COVID-19 strategies for success focus of latest McKnight’s Online Forum
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Danielle Brown
May 05, 2020
Strategies for how providers can “strive and thrive” during the COVID-19 pandemic will be the focus of a special McKnight’s Online Forum next week.