The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is holding another Open Door Forum for those interested in skilled nursing and other long-term care options at 4 p.m. (Eastern time) Tuesday.
Staffing firm wins awards
Feb 28, 2017
Clinical Resources has won Inavero’s Best of Staffing® Client and Talent Awards for the second year in a row.
A lobbying ‘animal’
By
John Andrews
Sep 01, 2008
Dave Hebert, Legislative director, American Health Care Association
Verma likely to delegate Medicare-related responsibilities, predecessors say
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Jan 25, 2017
President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will likely rely on some extra help when it comes handling Medicare-related regulations, past agency administrators...
Cardinal Health becomes naviHealth majority owner
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Elizabeth Newman
Oct 05, 2015
Over the past year, Tennessee-based naviHealth, an awardee convener under Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative, has announced partnerships with national nursing home chains...
Analysis — Providers rage as Bush budget asks for more while promising less
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James M. Berklan
Mar 09, 2007
The howls were loud, clear and in unison after President Bush released his proposed 2008 Budget last month. It seemed there wasn’t a single voice missing from the healthcare provider chorus.
Lawmaker holds feet to fire: Q&A with Sen. Charles Grassley
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Haymarket Media
Jan 15, 2004
As one of the most influential politicians regarding long-term care funding and regulation, Sen. Charles “Chuck” Grassley (R-IA) has vowed to ensure extra funds actually go toward direct patient...
Nurses taking action: origins of the Nurse Executive Council
Oct 01, 2009
Almost a decade ago, a small group of long-term care nurse executives met for a day to provide support to one another, and to share “best practices” with a goal of improving quality care in...
The trouble with bullies
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John O'Connor
Jan 02, 2013
The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments on the unpleasant subject of workplace harassment. At issue is whether an employer is responsible when the bully is not strictly a boss.
ANA: ‘zero tolerance’ for bullies at work
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Nov 05, 2015
A leading long-term care nurses group is praising the American Nurses Association’s new “zero tolerance” policy regarding violence and bullying in healthcare workplaces.