Abuse, drug citations likely to jump with new nursing home rules live
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 24, 2022
After a multi-year saga, surveyors today begin enforcing compliance with new Rules of Participation guidance, including hundreds of pages of challenging changes to abuse reporting and investigation, resident...
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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 forms free infection control course
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2018
A new, multi-day course is being designed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help nursing homes prepare for the infection preventionist requirement included in the revised final rules of...
Unfunded staffing mandate’s financial requirements a ‘fantasy,’ observers say
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 05, 2023
Though a costly national nursing home staffing mandate proposed Friday offers no new financial support for operators, it could trigger more reporting requirements as the federal government tries to spur...
A professional dance company is offering weekly live Dancing Through Parkinson’s classes. The sessions are hosted by Invertigo Dance Theatre over Zoom on Thursdays at 1:30 PT/3:30 CT/4:30 ET. For...
Medicaid, other payers’ demands driving increase in nursing home Joint Commission accreditations
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 09, 2021
When 28 skilled nursing facilities operated by American Health Communities earned Joint Commission accreditation this spring, they joined a growing number of nursing homes nationwide seeking an extra stamp...
Fragile seniors need shift toward high-value care, health leaders say
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Kimberly Marselas
May 09, 2018
More than 50 health system leaders and policymakers have called for an examination of issues important to chronically ill older adults and their caregivers in an an effort to compel payment and policy...
Owners of nearly half of Indiana’s nursing homes sued over refusal to share financial information
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2022
A new lawsuit alleges that eight Indiana hospitals — owners of 250 of the state’s 527 nursing homes — are violating state open record laws by withholding information on extra public funding doled...
‘Put some meat on the bone’ to create meaningful diversity programs
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Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2021
Effective diversity, equity and inclusion in programs must do more than talk about workplace fairness or train employees about bias; they also must actively counter discrimination and promote representation.