As more becomes known about the coronavirus and how it spreads, online providers are rolling out additional training resources meant to buttress infection prevention efforts. Talent management firm HealthcareSource...
Nurse who quit over alleged understaffing eligible for unemployment pay, judge rules
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 27, 2021
A nurse who quit her job over alleged understaffing concerns was justified and should be eligible for unemployment benefits, an Iowa judge has ruled.
Helping the assessors
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2017
Minimum Data Set coordinators serve vital functions in today’s skilled nursing facilities — their ability to dig deep is so critical that one software executive likens it to navigating the Andromeda...
Joint bundle pushes costs down — at SNFs’ expense
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2019
The first two years of a mandatory payment bundle for joint replacements saved Medicare more than 2% annually, but much of it came through reduced payments to post-acute providers.
CMS targeting nursing homes with low booster shot rates
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 06, 2023
Big brother is keeping an eye on long-term care operators, and this time in a good way, federal regulators said Thursday on a call with nursing home stakeholders.
CMS adds enhanced barrier precautions to infection control guidance
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 22, 2024
Nursing homes must begin to use enhanced barrier precautions to prevent broader transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms and to help protect patients with chronic wounds and indwelling devices, the...
Nexion’s Fran Kirley: Thriving by using culture to recruit workers, oust agency
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 25, 2022
During the pandemic, Nexion Health saw its agency staff costs increase by 12 times its base, from $1 million annually in 2019 to about $12 million each in 2020 and 2021.
Cut SNF pay 5%, keep freeze on physicians and therapists, MedPAC says
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 13, 2022
Skilled nursing facilities would take a major pay cut in 2023 if Congress were to adopt draft recommendations proposed by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
Nathaniel Witherell adds new directors of nursing, financial operations
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 07, 2020
Nadia Benson, RN, has joined The Nathaniel Witherell as director of nursing services while Nunzio Raimo has been named director of financial operations at the skilled nursing and short-term rehabilitation...
Nursing home oversight ‘a system in crisis,’ Senate committee finds
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Kimberly Marselas
May 19, 2023
Oversight of the nation’s 15,000-plus nursing homes is “in crisis,” with many facilities more than a year overdue for routine inspections and nine states reporting more than half their surveyor positions...