SNF settles immigration-related employee discrimination case
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Jun 02, 2016
A California skilled nursing facility will pay $24,000 in a settlement over allegations it discriminated against non-United States citizens in the hiring process.
Family receives $1.13 million in LTC wrongful death suit
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Oct 26, 2015
A New York long-term care facility will pay $1.13 million to the family of a resident who says the neglect led to their loved one’s death, a jury ruled last week.
Say please: States have to ask for extended Medicaid assistance funding, Sebelius says
Aug 23, 2010
If states want their share of a $16.1 billion Medicaid assistance package, they’re going to have to ask for it, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told the nation’s governors...
Lawmakers investigate five private equity firms
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Haymarket Media
Oct 22, 2007
Senior members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee
began their probe into private equity firms’ effect on long-term care, sending letters with inquiries to five firms.
Regardless of fiscal cliff outcome, funding cuts loom
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John O'Connor
Nov 26, 2012
We’re hearing much out of Washington these days about the looming fiscal cliff. Assessments about its impact run the gamut from no big deal to very big deal. As is usually the case, the truth is...
Denver man on mission to get SNF residents out in nature — via golf carts
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Aug 30, 2017
The husband of a Colorado nursing home resident is on a quest to get her and her fellow residents off of their “12 by 12 patio” and out into nature via scenic golf cart rides.
MDS 3.0 Challenges
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Teri Weiman, SSD-AD
Jul 29, 2011
Our Minimum Data Set coordinator gave me warning that the social services section was going to be increased “exponentially” with MDS 3.0. I prepared well, but am I the only one who still cringes...
Burden of persistent symptoms high after COVID-19 infection
May 24, 2022
– A high burden of persistent symptoms is observed in persons after COVID-19, but no specific causes of symptoms of postacute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2)...
Use of religious vaccination exemptions could grow after judge blocks mandate
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Danielle Brown
Sep 16, 2021
New York long-term care providers cannot deny religious exemptions from the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate after a federal judge issued a temporary straining order blocking the rule for lacking...
Providers welcome Biden’s pick to head HHS, push president-elect to establish LTC workforce commission
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Danielle Brown
Dec 10, 2020
The nation’s two largest nursing home associations sang the praises of Xavier Becerra, who President-elect Joe Biden has chosen to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.