As new year kicks off, providers will be keeping their funny hats and noisemakers in the closet
Sep 25, 2009
Thursday marks the beginning of the federal government’s new fiscal year, and what a tumultuous year it could become for providers.
New Five-Star Quality Rating System previews available Tuesday
Jan 15, 2010
Nursing home operators can get a look at their newly updated quality ratings in the federal government database starting Tuesday. Operators can access their facility’s individualized report from...
Nation’s largest nursing home association to hold annual meeting in Tampa
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McKnight's Staff
Oct 05, 2012
Members of the American Health Care Association will gather Sunday through Wednesday in Tampa for the group’s 63rd annual convention and expo. Keynote speakers include best-selling business author...
Webinar to focus on creative, compliant care-planning
Jan 08, 2016
Attendees at a special webinar Thursday will learn from a former regulator how to devise creative care plans that comply with both current and proposed requirements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Senate Committee on Aging, PHI to hold briefing on training standards for personal care aides
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 21, 2012
Personal care aides will get a high-powered focus Monday, when the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) host a briefing on training standards. “Training...
Feeling QAPI? Here’s where you need to be
Mar 29, 2013
A four-part series of webinars delving into QAPI mandates kicks off at 1 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday. “New QAPI requirements: designing, implementing and sustaining excellence” is the...
Nurse aides’ national day, week just around the corner
Jun 09, 2017
Long-term care’s most prolific group of workers will get the spotlight for a week, starting Thursday. National Nursing Assistants Week begins with National Career Assistants Day kicking off things...
Long-term care leaders, investors to gaze into their crystal balls at Los Angeles meetings
Mar 04, 2011
A pair of investment and operations forums for long-term care operators and lenders will take place next week at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. “New opportunities, new realities:...
14th Long Term & Post-Acute Health IT Summit takes new direction
May 25, 2018
The nation’s leading healthcare I.T. summit has broadened its focus under the new leadership of LeadingAge’s Center for Aging Services Technologies and is now taking registrations. The event...
Learn how to empower nurses
Aug 06, 2015
McKnight’s Super Tuesday on August 11 will discuss how nurses and technology can be combined to create a long-term care powerhouse. Expert Jillene Snow will lead this CE-approved webinar, which kicks...