Presentations by RZero, Kevala, One Eagle, and Pharmerica
New healthcare coalition to push Congress for workforce, immigration solutions
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 23, 2023
The American Health Care Association is one of several groups representing different healthcare sectors that are uniting to push Congress into acting on critical workforce and immigration solutions.
We have a (former) Speaker of the House! Ryan headlines NIC conference Tuesday
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 20, 2023
Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) will be the keynote headliner at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry conference in Chicago.
Study: Pain, depression decline when people with Alzheimer’s, dementia stop long-term opioids
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 20, 2023
When people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias stop taking long-term opioid therapy (LTOT), they have a lower chance for short- and long-term worsening pain and depressive symptoms compared...
Senators warn of ‘unintended consequences,’ closed VA nursing homes if staffing mandate is enacted
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 20, 2023
A pair of US Senators have asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to stop the proposed federal staffing rule for nursing homes, saying that “unintended consequences” of the mandate could...
COVID-designated nursing home to pay up after stiffing employees on pandemic OT
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 20, 2023
A Rhode Island nursing home that was designated a COVID-19 specialty facility will pay more than $288,000 in back wages to employees who were shorted overtime pay during the pandemic.
Improving outcomes through value-based care
Oct 19, 2023
As staffing constraints and mounting regulations continue to challenge nursing homes nationwide, it is imperative for care providers to develop innovative strategies in adopting value-based care initiatives...
The hypocrisy of staffing mandates
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 19, 2023
Absorbed as you probably are in fighting through the long-term care staffing crisis while parrying a CMS mandate, I wouldn’t blame you for not noticing. But at airports across America, big planes are...
Parkinson says proposed staffing mandate a ‘death sentence’ for rural nursing homes, offers answers
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2023
Long-term care industry advocates pulled no punches Wednesday when asked at a Sanford Health summit about likely outcomes facing rural operators if CMS’s proposed minimum staffing mandate becomes...
‘New Deal for a new workforce’ urged by top nursing home leader
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2023
The government and providers must invest at an unprecedented level to confront the workforce problems dogging the skilled nursing sector, stressed a speaker at Wednesday’s Sanford Health Summit on the...