LTC execs’ salary hikes may ‘trickle down’ to facility staff, report finds
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Feb 18, 2016
Multi-facility long-term care executives enjoyed salary increases across the board this year, according to a new compensation survey. Those raises are a good sign for salaries at individual facilities,...
Data, culture change crucial to new payment models, expert says
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Feb 17, 2016
Providers will need to undertake a drastic culture change and refocus on data to prepare for upcoming post-acute payment changes, an expert shared during a McKnight’s Super Tuesday webinar.
Save the date: McKnight’s Online Expo is back March 29-30
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Feb 16, 2016
Spring will be here before you know it, and with it comes the 10th Annual McKnight’s Online Expo and the chance to earn free continuing education credits.
Massachusetts overhauling its nursing home oversight
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Feb 12, 2016
Massachusetts officials unveiled a plan Wednesday for strengthening oversight of the state’s nursing home industry, including surprise inspections and increased fines for problem facilities.
Plea deal reached for SNF nurse charged with reckless homicide in resident death
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Feb 11, 2016
A plea deal has been reached for a former nursing home nurse charged with reckless homicide in the 2013 death of a resident.
Court orders review of Medicare appeals backlog
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Feb 11, 2016
The Department of Health and Human Services may be ordered by a court to step up efforts to curb its Medicare provider appeals backlog.
Bill requires all D.C. healthcare workers to have cultural competency training
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Feb 10, 2016
A bill approved Tuesday by the Council of the District of Columbia would require all healthcare professionals to receive training on health issues facing the LGBT community.
White House budget includes $4 billion pilot to ‘streamline’ LTC
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Feb 10, 2016
A pilot program to improve long-term care access and quality is among the healthcare proposals in President Barack Obama’s $4.1 trillion budget plan for 2017.
The robot revolution
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Feb 09, 2016
Every once in awhile, I come across a research report that falls into what I like to call the “duh” category. These are the studies that announce the “scientific breakthrough” of...
Hospice patients in SNFs less likely to get staff visits in last 2 days of life
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Feb 09, 2016
Medicare patients who received hospice care in a nursing home setting were less likely to be visited by professional staff in the last two days of life, according to a new study.