Armbrust American taking N95 respirator pre-orders
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2020
Armbrust American is taking pre-orders for its N95 respirator masks and surgical masks, part of a line of disposable surgical masks that has received an ASTM Level 3 rating for its filtration effectiveness. ...
Also in the News for Wednesday, April 12
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2023
MDS submissions paused starting Thursday for transition to iQies system … Only half of nursing home complaints being investigated in Delaware … Long-term care hospitals face proposed CMS pay cut …...
Also in the News for Thursday, Mar. 7, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 07, 2024
House committee advances bill blocking nursing home staffing mandate … Justice Department offers training to encourage local law enforcement to investigate abuse in LTC … New civil suits in case of...
Senate Democrats ask HHS to restore some nursing home regulations
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 22, 2018
A group of Democratic senators is asking the Department of Health and Human Services to reverse its stance on rolling back nursing home regulations.
WoundSource offers online expo as alternative to cancelled conferences
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2020
WoundSource.com, the digital companion to the Kestrel Wound Product Sourcebook, is offering a free online Wound Care expo as a CE opportunity for wound care specialists and others whose onsite educational...
MedPAC finds single post-acute payment system feasible but says smaller-scale fix might be better
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 16, 2023
An attempt to unify payments for providers across all types of post-acute care is “analytically within reach,” but extensive policy changes that would likely be needed,
LTC Properties had its strongest investment year since 2015, company leaders said Thursday, with Chairman and CEO Wendy Simpson touting $170 million in annual investment as proof of a “hard-won positive...
State doubles support for Medicaid-dependent nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2019
After struggling with shortfalls for years, Pennsylvania’s nursing home operators are cheering a state budget that will double funds available to facilities with the highest Medicaid census. The spending...
Prosecutor: Nursing home workers busted with fake COVID-19 vaccination cards
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 02, 2021
Thirteen frontline nursing home and hospital workers have been charged with buying fake COVID-19 vaccine cards from a fraud ring in New York, Manhattan’s top prosecutor said.