Providers recoiling from recent uptick in therapy claim audits should expect even more scrutiny in the future as regulators look to increase surveillance.
Virgin Islands nursing home fights CMS order to move residents to mainland U.S.
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Apr 28, 2016
The only licensed nursing home in the U.S. Virgin Islands has filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as a last-ditch effort to prevent the agency from shuttering the facility...
CMS details on staff, possible surveyor vaccine mandates looming
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James M. Berklan
Nov 26, 2021
ons in the week ahead.
COVID vaccine mandate will survive legal challenges, experts believe
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Kimberly Marselas
Danielle Brown
Nov 10, 2021
The Biden administration is confident that legal challenges to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers will ultimately fail, and legal experts are largely in agreement. As a result, they are...
I couldn’t live without … Xerox data center hosting
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 01, 2013
Having outgrown their previous hosting provider, Texas-based Harden Healthcare went looking for a new solution. The organization found it in Xerox, which is now hosting Harden Healthcare’s data center,...
Statins help prevent influenza deaths, research suggests
Nov 05, 2009
People hit hard by seasonal flu strains have a higher likelihood of survival if they’re already taking statins for managing cholesterol, according to a new report.
Tailored exercise prescriptions improve cancer survival: expert panel
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 24, 2019
Oncology and exercise experts recommend that clinicians use an “exercise prescription” to prevent cancer and improve survivor outcomes.
LTC analysts give 6 survival strategies for skilled nursing
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 10, 2018
An investment firm with vast expertise in long-term care is recommending six strategies that nursing homes can pursue to battle shrinking margins.
Rehab Perspectives Fall 2007: Surviving in a Changing Regulatory Environment
Sep 01, 2007
Ask the nursing expert
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Anne Marie Barnett
Sep 01, 2008
Anne Marie Barnett, RN Former President, Maryland NADONA/LTC