Graying Maine tops 2018 list of best places to be a nurse
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Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2018
Maine ranks as the best place to work for nurses in 2018, thanks to the state’s many job openings and aging population, according to WalletHub’s annual rankings.
Nursing home pay rule reveals CMS strategy on minimum staffing
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 13, 2022
If there’s one thing nursing home providers, consumer advocates and regulators can all agree on when it comes to the development of a federal minimum staffing rule, it might be just how difficult the...
Health economists urge CMS to mandate COVID-19 staff vaccinations through quick rule-making process
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2021
A trio of prominent health policy experts is calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to “tap the levers” of its regulatory powers and use the Rules of Participation to require frontline...
A key Medicaid advisory body appears ready to recommend new appeal opportunities for millions of Managed Medicaid beneficiaries and to add more oversight to better ensure plans cover medically necessary...
Aging sweat glands delay wound healing
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 06, 2016
Sweat glands play an important roll in how skin heals from injury, but they don’t work as well in seniors, say University of Michigan researchers.
Yet another teamwork benefit: Workplace infections go down
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2015
Healthcare-associated infection rates are reduced when nurses and physicians work collaboratively, according to an analysis by New York researchers.
Nursing beds continue to slide in annual LZ200 rankings
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 25, 2023
The nation’s largest not-for-profit senior living providers remain largely the same when ranked by the number of skilled nursing beds they provide, even after a year in which many life plan communities...
Quinyx acquires automated scheduler Widget Brain
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 27, 2020
Workforce management technology firm Quinyx has acquired Widget Brain, a company leveraging artificial intelligence to automate and optimize workforce scheduling. Quinyx said the acquisition will enhance...
Hinkley adds Galerie Collection
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 10, 2020
Lighting designer and distributor Hinkley has new families of products in its ceiling and wall categories. The Galerie Collection offers an assortment of six, uniquely designed families with more than...
Report: Senior care to drive new EHR spending
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Kimberly Marselas
May 27, 2020
Electronic health record expenditures by nursing and residential care facilities — the fastest growing segment — are projected to increase 19% annually through 2024, according to Electronic Health...