Statin therapy safe and effective for adults aged 75+, even more consistent for ages 85+ … Becker’s highlights five direct care workforce concerns … Efforts to reopen a nursing home closed after...
Also in the News for Thursday, March 21
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 21, 2024
Petersen Health Care files for bankruptcy, restructuring … AHCA: Paused state staffing mandates underscore ‘impracticality’ of federal rule … Workforce grants offer $28 million to recruit,...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Aug. 16
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 16, 2022
DOJ plans to retry fallen nursing home owner Philip Esformes despite Trump commutation … Mindy Shapiro named chief compliance officer at American Senior Communities … Questions on monkeypox in LTC?...
Also in the News for Friday, Feb. 23, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2024
Ohio launches its own Nursing Home Quality Navigator … Vermont struggles with nursing home discharges … New group will advocate for dually eligible nursing home residents, other beneficiaries … Hospital...
Also in the News for Monday, Oct. 16
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 16, 2023
DOJ still aiming to retry healthcare fraudster Esformes, despite Trump clemency … Prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii and Candida auris in patients receiving mechanical ventilation … Alzheimer’s...
Also in the News for Thursday, April 6
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 06, 2023
Supreme Court denies emergency relief to former nursing home owner Philip Esformes … California nurses push for workers’ comp coverage for back pain, MRSA and more … $300 million database project...
In Washington to champion skilled nursing, providers pick up another anti-staffing mandate measure in...
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2024
Federal lawmakers continue to look for ways to reverse a staffing rule that demands nursing homes hire more than 102,000 new staff members, with fresh promises Monday to pursue several paths forward.
CareOne, HealthBridge ordered to pay 12 years’ back wages to striking workers they replaced
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Kimberly Marselas
May 31, 2024
The owner and manager of six Connecticut nursing homes must pay up to 700 former employees replaced during a 2012 strike for up to 12 years of back pay, a federal judge ruled this week.
Top HHS tech official featured in McKnight’s Online Forum June 4
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Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2024
Micky Tripathi, PhD MPP, the federal government’s top figure for health information technology, will be a featured speaker at the McKnight’s Online Forum June 4. There will be two webinars in the forum,...
The rise of the CXO, CPO and other HR execs transforming the nursing home employee experience
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2024
CareRite is using an approach more skilled nursing and senior living organizations appear to be embracing: elevating human resources to an executive-level position and giving them the support needed to...