The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has temporarily halted audits of short-term hospitals admissions under the controversial two-midnight rule.
CMS makes it official: 6 new quality measures go live on Nursing Home Compare
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Apr 28, 2016
Six new quality measures were added to Nursing Home Compare on Wednesday, making for the largest addition of quality measures to the website since 2003.
DACA rollback could hit healthcare workforce
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Sep 08, 2017
Nearly one-fifth of people covered under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program work in healthcare and education, potentially resulting in long-term care taking a workforce hit if the program...
AHCA’s resident satisfaction surveys endorsed by National Quality Forum
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Dec 08, 2016
Three resident satisfaction measures developed by the American Health Care Association have received an endorsement from the National Quality Forum, the provider group announced Wednesday.
OIG: Two-midnight policy led to limited access to skilled nursing care
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Dec 20, 2016
The implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ controversial two-midnight rule has left some “vulnerabilities” in its wake, according to a federal report published...
Coroner releases findings from Ohio nursing home shooting
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May 17, 2017
Initial findings from an investigation into last week’s shooting at an Ohio nursing home that claimed the lives of two employees were released by authorities on Monday.
SNF fined $100,000, barred from running training programs after resident’s suicide
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Oct 24, 2016
A Massachusetts skilled nursing facility was ordered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to pay more than $100,000 in fines after a resident committed suicide in August.
A nursing assistant at an Illinois skilled nursing facility allegedly misread a medical chart and therefore declined to resuscitate a 52-year-old resident prior to her death last year, according to a lawsuit...
Guest worker bill earns accolades for potential impact on nursing shortage
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Apr 25, 2016
A recently proposed federal bill that would create a guest worker program has earned praise from the country’s largest provider organization.
Nursing Home Compare not good enough, Harvard experts say
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Aug 31, 2017
The Nursing Home Compare website is suffering from “considerable” knowledge gaps that may make it harder for consumers to make informed decisions about their post-acute care, according to some...