No time to file CMP waiver? CMS rule could grant providers 35% relief anyway.
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 18, 2019
Even as complaint-based investigations tick up, federal regulators this week proposed several regulatory changes that would make it easier for skilled nursing providers to handle complaints and limit penalties....
Sleep deprivation doesn’t discriminate
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2017
Investigators at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and their Canadian partners reported that cognitive impairment is the same among men and women who work shifts, despite...
GAO: More workplace protection needed
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 06, 2016
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration should do more to protect healthcare employees from workplace violence, according to a federal report.
Flexible work, pressure ulcer rates linked
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2014
Nursing homes where staff had more control over scheduling registered lower rates of pressure ulcers among residents, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Gerontology.
Kaiser Study: Nursing homes have fewer residents, but those residents need more help
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 11, 2018
Though occupancy rates fell between 2009 and 2016, the needs of nursing home residents have grown considerably — placing more demands on sometimes unprepared nursing staff, according to an in-depth analysis...
Experts suggest these 4 things will lead to long-term care success in next 3 years
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 05, 2021
With so much focus, for so long on surviving COVID’s clinical and financial ravages, many long-term care operators have shifted to looking for strategies to help them thrive as the pandemic drags on...
Christmas vacation or no, these ‘gifts’ kept on coming
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 05, 2022
There’s a pit of desperation of sorts that normally envelops most journalists around holiday periods. With few folks working in government or corporate offices, important decisions and developments sometimes...
Nurses like 12-hour shifts, if done right
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2018
Working 12-hour shifts may have a positive effect on job satisfaction and allow nurses more flexibility to further their education, according to a study conducted in Pennsylvania.
HealthcareSource wins multiple technology awards
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 07, 2020
Talent management company HealthcareSource received multiple awards in the 2019 Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Awards program. The company received a Gold Award for Best Advance in Assessment...
CMS creating infection control course for Final Rule compliance
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 27, 2018
A new, multi-day course is being designed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid to help nursing homes prepare for an infection preventionist requirement included in the revised Final Rules of participation.