McKnight’s has partnered with American HealthTech to establish the first annual “McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards — Connect Our World.”
Feds make millions available for assisted living facility conversion
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 16, 2012
The federal government has made $25 million in grant money available for applicants who want to convert multifamily apartment complexes into assisted living communities for low-income seniors.
Program to reduce hospital readmissions would link nursing homes with partners
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 15, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is setting aside $128 million for organizations that collaborate with nursing homes to establish programs that prevent residents from going back to hospitals...
Improving collaboration between RNs and LPNs could reduce medication errors in nursing homes, study finds
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 15, 2012
Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses often have interchangeable responsibilities in nursing homes, which can lead to more medication errors, according to newly announced results of a study.
CMS announces expansion of psychiatric services for seniors
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 13, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is launching two new initiatives that may improve mental health services for seniors and nursing home residents.
Board-certified infection control directors linked to lower MRSA rates, study reveals
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 09, 2012
Healthcare providers with board-certified infection prevention specialists on staff have substantially fewer methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections than those that don’t, new research...
Study: Alzheimer’s drugs should be more widely used
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 09, 2012
Alzheimer’s medications typically used only in early stages of the disease can be more useful in later, more severe stages of dementia than previously thought, a new study suggests.
Medicare enhances readability and fraud protections with streamlined benefit statements
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 08, 2012
Medicare recipients soon will be reaping the benefits of simplified benefit statements and will see added protections against Medicare fraud, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday.
Employers can be required to display union posters, judge rules
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 06, 2012
The National Labor Relations Board was deemed to be within its legal rights with its requirement that employers post notices about unionization rights, a U.S. district judge has ruled.
Providers warn that block grants would hinder state Medicaid budgets
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 06, 2012
A prominent long-term care group is joining several Republican governors in saying that that block grants wouldn’t work for their state Medicaid budgets.