Changes to end-of-life wound classification in a recent Minimum Data Set update should be a positive for long-term care, but regulatory and legal ambiguity still surrounded the new coding procedures at...
On-demand payments help healthcare workers’ finances
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Amy Novotney
Feb 01, 2024
Healthcare workers who leverage the earned wage access solution DailyPay reduce their credit card debt, pay fewer late fees on bills, use payday loans less often and pay fewer overdraft fees.
Passion isn’t enough
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 31, 2024
With each facility tour you give and prospective admission you consider, never forget that families like mine, whose hearts are breaking, cling desperately to every word and promise.
BrightSpring Health Services, the parent company of long-term care pharmacy PharMerica, began trading on the Nasdaq in January using the symbol BTSG, following the pricing of its initial public offering.
Ask the wound care expert … about antibiotics
By
Fatima Naqvi, MD
Feb 01, 2024
Should we always use topical antibiotics in wounds?
How to do it… Financing survival
By
John Hall
Apr 12, 2024
Operators have had a rough couple of years navigating through a pandemic and the costly staffing and workforce challenges that have followed. There are plenty of reasons for financial instability. There...
How to do it … A stronger infection control approach
By
John Hall
Jan 31, 2024
In the wake of the biggest public health emergency in over a century, any edge these critical professionals can get is crucial for creating a stronger infection prevention program.
Rural nursing homes in peril
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 04, 2024
Like many of its skilled nursing neighbors in the Cornhusker State, Good Samaritan Society-Bloomfield is teetering between fulfilling its vital community role with special small-town flourishes and succumbing...
Meet the SNFs meeting the mandate
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2024
A detailed examination of a proposed staffing mandate and continued review of federal data show there is reason to hope providers could meet stiff, new requirements — with the right support.