Nursing homes that primarily serve whites have sharply higher RN staffing, CPI claims
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 18, 2014
Nursing homes that serve mostly minority residents tend to have drastically lower registered nurse staffing levels than other facilities, according to the Center for Public Integrity, an investigative...
‘Spending down’ for Medicaid is the most practical LTC financing plan for most Americans,...
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 14, 2014
Forgoing long-term care insurance and relying on Medicaid is the smartest financial planning decision for the majority of unmarried Americans, according to investigators at Boston College’s Center...
Long-term care liability costs expected to increase 5%
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 14, 2014
Long-term care providers should prepare for higher liability costs, which are anticipated to increase by 5% on a national basis in 2015, according to an analysis released Thursday by the American Health...
SNF staffing data will be submitted quarterly, payroll vendors might be responsible, CMS officials say
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 14, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services soon will begin collecting quarterly staffing information from skilled nursing facilities, albeit on a voluntary basis, an official said during an Open Door...
Electronic records can reveal which nurses are most effective, researchers say
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 13, 2014
Nursing homes might be able to identify and reward their highest performing nurses by analyzing data, and those with a bachelor’s degree are likely to be in that group, suggest recently published...
80% of nursing homes report misleadingly high staffing levels, Center for Public Integrity claims
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 13, 2014
More than 80% of skilled nursing facilities might have inflated registered nurse staffing levels on the Nursing Home Compare website, according to the Center for Public Integrity, a investigative journalism...
Supreme Court allows nursing home wrongful death case to proceed
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 12, 2014
A South Carolina woman can continue to pursue a wrongful death action against a nursing home even though she signed an arbitration agreement, according to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Provider networks up for debate among Catholic bishops
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 12, 2014
Catholic healthcare providers are important players in the increasingly integrated U.S. healthcare system, but now church leaders are considering more stringent guidelines for these partnerships.
MI nursing home fined $100,000 for failure to perform CPR on resident calling for help
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 11, 2014
A Michigan nursing home has been fined more than $100,000 for failing to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a resident, local news sources reported Monday.
Extendicare to sell US businesses for $870 million
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 10, 2014
Extendicare will sell nearly all of its U.S. operations to an investor group in an $870 million deal, the Canada-based long-term care company announced Friday.