Feed your marketers, they’re probably starving. Sorry, this won’t be as easy as dialing Domino’s … I don’t mean LTC marketing executives are starving for food, but that they...
Nurses should be able to reject shifts to prevent fatigue risks, ANA states
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 24, 2014
Registered nurses should have more control over scheduling in order to reduce the risk of fatigued workers, according to a new position statement from the American Nurses Association.
Largest US healthcare union praises Obama’s action on immigration
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 24, 2014
Nursing home workers and other members of the country’s largest healthcare union praised President Barack Obama for allowing certain undocumented immigrants to obtain legal status through an executive...
Draft bill proposes counting observation stays for SNF coverage, limiting RAC oversight
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 24, 2014
Hospital observation stays would count toward establishing Medicare eligibility for post-acute services, under comprehensive reforms in a new draft bill from the House Committee on Ways and Means. The...
Massive snowstorm forces partial evacuation of NY nursing home
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 20, 2014
Ten New York counties were in a state of emergency Wednesday, and one nursing home near Buffalo had to partially evacuate the building after a deadly winter storm swept through the area.
Legislation would scrutinize long-term care owners
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 20, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would have to more scrupulously verify that providers are not owned by people with a history of fraud, if a recently introduced House bill becomes law.
Nursing Home Compare better than other government ‘transparency tools’ but has room for improvement,...
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 19, 2014
Government websites are not especially good tools for helping consumers choose healthcare providers, but Nursing Home Compare is in some ways the best model so far, according to a report released Tuesday...
Nursing home oversight makes OIG’s top challenges list for second straight year
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 19, 2014
Ensuring nursing home quality remains one of the top 10 challenges facing the Department of Health and Human Services. That’s according to a newly issued list from HHS’ Office of Inspector...
New Alzheimer’s blood test could detect the disease 10 years before clinical diagnosis, researchers...
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 18, 2014
The latest Alzheimer’s blood test is the most promising yet, as it appears to accurately predict the disease 10 years before a clinical diagnosis could be made, researchers announced Sunday.
Feel-good stories that make nursing homes look bad
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 18, 2014
Being discharged from a nursing facility to a home- or community-based setting seems like a completely positive development — and the media certainly present it that way. These human interest stories...