As Beth Mace has moved along her path with the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, the journey has become personal.
Bugs and drugs
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2017
The focus shifts to infection control and medication management processes as preparations for Phase II of the new Final Rule ramp up for concerned providers
Also in the News for Tuesday, Oct. 24
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 24, 2023
CMS issues updated MDS corrections … Opening of North Carolina VA nursing home delayed … Nursing home among three New York cyberattack victims … Nurse practitioners, physicians just as likely to...
Essity pilots TENA’s FDA-approved SmartCare change indicator
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 04, 2020
Global hygiene and health company Essity is piloting its TENA SmartCare Change Indicator, a digital technology that reduces the need for manual checks of incontinence products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
PointClickCare adds access to Carequality
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 05, 2019
PointClickCare, the huge cloud-based software vendor for the senior and long-term care markets, is helping its customers share clinical information with other healthcare providers by adding access to Carequality....
Indiana upholds nursing home moratorium, shelving 9 Mainstreet projects
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 14, 2018
A moratorium on new nursing home licenses approved by Indiana’s legislature in 2015 was upheld by the state’s Court of Appeals Tuesday, blocking Mainstreet Property Group from moving forward...
‘Imperative’ to finalize staffing rule this year, dozens of House members tell CMS
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 20, 2023
More than a quarter of the House of Representatives signed a letter last week urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to move forward with its plan to institute a nationwide staffing mandate...
Fitch: Life plan communities still healthy
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 24, 2019
Volatile equity markets and increased capital spending pressured liquidity metrics for U.S. life plan communities in fiscal 2018, but core operations remained solid, according to a new report from Fitch...
Providers are getting closer on the Drive to 75
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 14, 2021
At least one group of nursing homes has surpassed the 70% threshold when it comes to vaccinating staff.
Instead of saving $2+ billion, early Medicare ACOs drove up federal healthcare costs $384 million, study...
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 30, 2018
An independent analysis from consulting firm Avalere finds the Medicare Shared Savings Program has underperformed when compared to the government’s own cost-saving predictions.