Likelihood of unavoidable pressure ulcers merits new warning process: attorneys
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 14, 2024
Providers should educate affected patients and their families about “unavoidable” pressure ulcers using a standardized process to help fend off related litigation, two seasoned medical malpractice...
AI can cut back on high-touch billing tasks, but some staff still see its as a high threat
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 11, 2024
Artificial intelligence can pay major dividends when it comes to managing back-office billing efforts, but the key to maximizing payments with it lies in knowing exactly where to build in coaching and...
Analytics firm takes on EHR giant PointClickCare in ‘life and death’ information sharing lawsuit
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 12, 2024
Real Time Medical Systems has asked a federal judge to force the nation’s largest post-acute EHR provider to keep its clients’ data accessible, saying information blocking “will cause needless patient...
Will there be light at the end of the staffing mandate tunnel?
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 05, 2023
Glimmers of legislative hope providers thought they saw shining on rough seas may soon be shrouded behind fresh storm clouds.
Dedication doesn’t falter amid fresh destruction
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2023
It’s been a calamitous couple of weeks for storm-battered skilled nursing operators and many of the dedicated people who work in them.
Also in the News for Monday, July 24
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 24, 2023
Nursing home workers picketing sites owned by California’s largest owner/operators … Warehouse storm damage could hamper supply of drugs needed by ventilator patients … On the Move: Health Dimensions...
Also in the News for Friday, Aug. 19
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 19, 2022
CMS rolls back durable medical equipment reporting rules … High rates of lasting dementia, psychosis found in large COVID study … Kentucky providers affected by severe storms, severe flooding get reporting...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Jan. 11
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 11, 2023
Public Health Emergency extension — possibly the last — expected this week … Washington hospitals advocate for increased LTC funding as Legislature opens … California long-term care insurance task...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Jan. 4
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2023
COVID hospitalizations approach last summer’s high, but flu and RSV cases waning … NC nursing home to pay $126K after storm-related staff shortages, two patient deaths … FDA decision on experimental...
Nursing home where 12 residents died after Hurricane Irma fighting for its license at hearing
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 30, 2018
The Hollywood, FL, nursing home where a dozen residents died from heat exposure last September is arguing this week for the chance to keep its operating license.