Updated survey materials should be used by skilled nursing facilities to assess dementia care practices, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services encouraged in a recent announcement.
CMS proposes fees for inspector ‘revisits’
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Haymarket Media
Jun 29, 2007
Nursing home providers are opposing a new federal regulatory proposal that would penalize healthcare facilities financially for revisits by facility inspectors.
Deadlines nearing for salary and benefits reports
Mar 03, 2016
Providers at nursing homes and continuing care retirement communities are being asked to take part in the biggest annual salary surveys of their kind.
Medicare reimbursement cuts will force loss of 40,000 nursing home-related jobs, survey respondents say
Nov 08, 2011
The Medicare PPS skilled nursing facility final rule that was enacted Oct. 1 could result in 20,000 nursing home layoffs nationwide and another 20,000 jobs lost to abandoned expansion activity, according...
Many value-based care efforts languishing in the pilot stages, or worse: survey
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 15, 2020
Nearly half of healthcare organizations have either not started or are in the pilot stages of implementing value-based care even though more than 45% of executives said they understand the pay model, a...
More than 50% of nursing home CNAs injured at work last year, some uninsured, new study finds
May 15, 2009
More than half of certified nursing assistants (CNAs) working in nursing homes sustained at least one work-related injury last year. Also, many reported being unable to afford employer-sponsored health...
AAHSA report: Americans think healthcare reform should include long-term care
May 22, 2009
Most Americans believe that long-term care services and supports should be a part of any upcoming healthcare reform, according to the results of a new survey from the American Association of Homes and...
Study: Adults pray for health
By
Mary Gustafson
Jul 01, 2011
Health struggles have spurred more Americans to prayer in recent years, a survey tracking prayer rates reveals.
Caregiver wages increase by nearly 4% last year
By
Haymarket Media
Sep 08, 2006
Wages rose by an average of 3.8% last year among U.S. workers who care for the elderly.
Nursing students smoke twice as much as general population, Italian survey finds
Jan 14, 2010
More than half of nursing students are current or former smokers, according to the results of a recent survey in Italy.