Robin Mitchell, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Diversicare Health Services in Nashville, TN, is a Hall of Honor inductee in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Team finds what’s driving long COVID inflammation in lung cells
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 30, 2024
Existing prescription medications may be able to stop the chronic inflammation found in people with long COVID, a new study suggests. While researchers didn’t test the drug in people, they uncovered...
Flaw in staffing mandate may push financial decisions ahead of clinical issues as admissions criteria:...
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 25, 2024
Trying to maintain specific staffing levels included in a new federal mandate may lead to a financial “seesaw” for operators, with efforts to admit more residents constantly tempered by the fear of...
Nursing home reform could move to the ‘side burner’ with Harris focused on reproductive rights
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 22, 2024
When the Biden administration dropped the final version of its nursing home staffing mandate in April, it was Vice President Kamala Harris who suddenly became the face of the initiative.
Disability rights group wants federal intervention over nursing homes in third state
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 24, 2024
Consumer advocates are pushing for federal agencies to increase scrutiny of a third state’s long-term care system over alleged failures to adequately protect residents with disabilities.
Meet Nancy Koha, 2024 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Foster Stubbs
Aug 02, 2024
Nancy Koha, chief process officer at Principle Long Term Care in Kinston, NC, is a Hall of Honor inductee in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Federal staffing rule’s 1st element kicks in
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 23, 2024
Providers were scrambling at deadline to meet the first requirement of the new federal staffing mandate: completing a beefed up facility assessment that gives more weight to residents’ behavioral health...
Some providers ‘hurting terribly’ as CMS schizophrenia audit penalties drag on
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 06, 2024
A year and a half after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began auditing thousands of nursing homes for inappropriate schizophrenia diagnoses, providers are raising concerns that the quality...
Surprise facility visits touted by NM governor a ‘gotcha’ display, exec claims
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Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 01, 2024
Eleven long-term care facilities in New Mexico obtained a perfect score and 23 more missed a perfect score by one mark during surprise state inspections that took place over a weekend in May.
Ask the legal expert … about OIG audits
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Norris Cunningham
Jul 23, 2024
Why is the OIG auditing the accuracy of falls data from MDS assessments submitted by nursing homes?