Anticipated Five-Star updates must drive changes to daily operations: expert
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 26, 2024
Upcoming changes to Five-Star rating methodology will require long-term care providers to overhaul several key daily processes related to staffing and quality measure reporting, an informatics specialist...
OIG writing compliance guidebook to assist nursing home sector, hints at focus areas
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 19, 2024
The federal government’s top watchdog is working on sector-specific guides to assist nursing homes in keeping in compliance with federal regulations. Particular attention will be given to some challenging...
Federal lawmakers demand three major senior care chains justify corporate spending
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Josh Henreckson
May 07, 2024
Congressional leaders demanded insight on the spending policies of three large chains that provide long-term care, casting doubt on their leaders’ claims that they cannot afford to meet the new federal...
More than 80% of nursing homes do not meet the updated requirements in the final staffing mandate from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, according to new analysis from media outlet KFF. Those...
Disadvantages, understaffing combine to ratchet up nursing homes’ antipsychotic reliance: study
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 25, 2024
Nursing homes in disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to rely on antipsychotics, especially when understaffed, compared to those in more affluent areas, according to a new study in Jama Network...
Medicare audits ‘ramping up’ with isolation coding in the crosshairs
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 22, 2024
Auditors are paying special attention to isolation and quarantine coding amid already heightened Medicare nursing home audits that are expected to increase in coming months, experts warn.
Southern states fare worst in USA Today’s searchable staffing level database
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 26, 2024
Many US skilled nursing facilities currently meet some provisions of the new federal staffing rule at least some of the time, but only 160 — slightly more than 1% — consistently meet all requirements,...
Many state governments installed new regulations to govern nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, but those state-level policies weren’t clearly linked to reduced transmission, according to new...
State promises $1B to move 2,400 out of nursing homes after settling class action lawsuit
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 18, 2024
Massachusetts settled a class action lawsuit Tuesday, promising to invest $1 billion to enable 2,400 nursing home residents to move to community and residential settings over the next eight years.
Partnerships with pharmacists increasingly important for complex resident needs, care transitions: experts
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 24, 2024
Building relationships and formal partnerships between long-term care providers and pharmacists is increasingly vital to managing resident care, experts said at a Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition...