Advocates work behind scenes to stop, reshape staffing rule as finalization nears
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 16, 2024
Several nursing home advocacy organizations have met with the White House Office of Management and Budget in recent days, angling to change the proposed minimum staffing rule that could be issued in final...
Nursing home closed by state over deadly COVID outbreak settles multi-family lawsuit
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 16, 2024
An Oregon nursing home closed by the state after an early 2020 COVID-19 outbreak has reportedly agreed to settle a lawsuit with the families of 13 residents who died.
NYU Langone Health institute receives $31M to study aging, vascular risks
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 15, 2024
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Optimal Aging Institute at NYU Langone Health $31 million for a 10-university cohort to study how vascular risk factors contribute to dementia and other age-related...
Coverage for Medicare’s e-visits still available, though few patients use service
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 15, 2024
Once the pandemic was in full swing, Medicare started paying doctors and other healthcare providers for e-visits (those that required at least five minutes of medical decision-making). The e-visits are...
Back from the brink: Inside the battle to save nation’s second-largest nursing home
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 15, 2024
BALTIMORE — Two years after federal officials stripped the nation’s second largest nursing home of its Medicare and Medicaid certification, officials have outlined the 960-step plan it took to walk...
Nursing home fights for right to end temporary bonuses, avoid $369K payout
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 15, 2024
Can a nursing home end an emergency bonus program for unionized workers without negotiating after a contract has expired?
Also in the News for Monday, April 15, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 15, 2024
Senate starts work on permanent Medicare physician pay reform, which could hand annual cuts to therapists, others … Many disenrolled from Medicaid due to unwinding remain without insurance … Brain...
Ask the care expert… about use and care of lifts
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Apr 12, 2024
How can we best use and clean slings for our facility’s lifts?
Ask the nursing expert… about the difference between retention and turnover
By
Amy Stewart
Apr 12, 2024
What is the difference between staff retention and turnover, and how can I use these metrics in our Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) meetings?
Ask the payment expert… about the SNF 5-Claim Probe and Educate Reviews
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Apr 12, 2024
In an attempt to lower the skilled nursing facility improper payment rate, CMS implemented the SNF 5-Claim Probe and Educate Review, wherein the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) conduct reviews...