Providers get their moment with top US health officials over vaccinations
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2024
Providers and top federal officials intent on saving more seniors’ lives met at near the White House Wednesday to plan vaccination improvements.
LG Pro-Centric Connect platform turns TVs into video phones
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 04, 2020
LG Business Solutions USA has launched LG Pro:Centric Connect, a new tool that offers simple and secure video calls through LG’s healthcare smart TVs. Connect expands the power of LG’s Pro:Centric...
Provider sues agency for routine overbilling, unscrupulous practices that led to $5M bill
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 21, 2024
A multi-facility skilled nursing operator has filed a lawsuit against the staffing platform Nursa, alleging the app-based agency routinely overbilled for staff that failed to show up for shifts and refused...
New flu-shot reporting to be streamlined, feds say
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2023
Amid ongoing confusion about how to meet a new requirement to record flu vaccinations among nursing home staff, federal health officials have agreed to streamline the reporting process.
PA provider OKs $15 wage
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 06, 2016
A Pennsylvania long-term care provider has agreed to a new contract that will pay most certified nursing assistants $15 an hour within five years.
BREAKING (Updated): High Court grills attorneys over worker COVID vaccination mandates (live)
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Kimberly Marselas
James M. Berklan
Jan 07, 2022
The Supreme Court should issue a stay and allow a federal vaccine mandate for healthcare workers to go into effect immediately because “any delay in implementing that requirement would cause preventable...
Two more states step in to help Skyline residents, staff
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2018
Arkansas and Pennsylvania were the latest states to seize control of facilities associated with the collapsing Skyline Healthcare nursing home chain. At least 76 Skyline-run facilities — some operating...
Penalty money funds person-centered care initiative for Georgia nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2018
A $1.6 million grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Georgia State Survey Agency will help nursing homes across the state better understand their residents’ needs and deliver...
OSHA pursuing violence prevention rule for nursing homes, others
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 24, 2023
Federal safety regulators on Friday revealed more details about a possible workplace violence prevention rule that would apply to healthcare settings, almost certainly including skilled nursing facilities....
Sherwin-Williams creates support center for architects and designers
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 29, 2020
Sherwin-Williams has created an Architect and Designer Support Center, a dedicated website to point professionals to educational tools and creative resources to help them navigate today’s challenging...