EXTRA: CMS publishes rule outlining final staffing requirements
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 22, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it would exempt nursing homes from having registered nurse coverage for up to 8 out of 24 hours a day “under certain circumstances,” unveiling...
COVID-19 courses proliferate
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2020
As more becomes known about the coronavirus and how it spreads, online providers are rolling out additional training resources meant to buttress infection prevention efforts. Talent management firm HealthcareSource...
JAMA author predicts long-term care workforce vaccination challenges
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
Long-term care facilities are likely to face multiple challenges when it comes to inoculating staff members against COVID-19, despite federal efforts to rush any approved vaccine to their doors.
HMMC launches COVID-19 product exchange site
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 24, 2020
HMMC, the Healthcare Manufacturers Management Council, is facilitating the sale and exchange of COVID-19-related products with a new website. Members of HMMC and nonmember healthcare manufacturers can...
Congress advisers back permanent telehealth expansions, look to nix in-person rule for behavioral telehealth...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2024
Maintaining Medicare beneficiaries’ access to telehealth services, especially for behavioral health, must remain an initial priority over payment reform or quality measurement, members of a congressional...
8-hour training requirement attracts thousands to CNA pathway
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 17, 2021
A stop-gap effort to supplement nursing home staff by lowering some entry-level training requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic may become permanent if Florida lawmakers have their way.
Measuring patient function a big hitch in creating fair, post-acute pay
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 30, 2022
As a Congressional advisory board grapples with how to bring all post-acute providers under a single payment system, the use of self-reported data continues to raise doubts about the ability to accurately...
Lab owner bilked Medicare of $7 million in nursing home COVID scheme, feds say
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2023
A laboratory owner preyed on nursing home clients to bilk Medicare out of at least $7 million in claims for early COVID-era tests that were unnecessary and, in some cases, never performed, the government...
This ‘less costly’ staffing fix can’t get past the border
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 20, 2022
A larger pool of immigrants in the U.S. could both improve nursing homes’ ability to hire for frontline positions and reduce dependency on institutional care in the long-term, speakers at a healthcare...
In a ‘blow’ to anti-COVID efforts, some nursing homes see their resident vaccination rates slipping
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 28, 2021
After seeing COVID-19 vaccination rates of long-term care residents average in the 75% to 85% range this winter, healthcare leaders in one state are warning about an alarming spring slide.