CMS completes minimum staffing study; targeting ‘onerous’ MA authorizations
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 25, 2023
Two proposed rules should help patients improve their Medicare Advantage plan selections while standardizing expectations for skilled nursing and other healthcare providers, federal officials reiterated...
Report rips EMTs in $100 million lawsuit who misstated law to avoid entering COVID facility to help cardiac...
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Joe Bush
Nov 08, 2022
Firefighters who refused to enter a nursing home over COVID-19 concerns while a cardiac arrest victim was stricken inside drew fierce criticism from a city-commissioned report.
Information Technology: Record Savings
Mar 04, 2005
President Bush is willing to spend more on healthcare IT now so electronic records and other innovations will reduce future costs.
An old business aphorism holds that it’s necessary to spend money...
Angels against abuse
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Nov 05, 2016
Search any news website for the phrase “nursing home” and your quest could return some less-than-stellar stories alleging elder abuse or neglect.
Making needles less painful
Apr 04, 2011
People often fail to notice mosquito bites. Yet hypodermic needle injections generally cause a sharp pain. This oddity was not lost on Japanese researchers at Kansai University in Osaka. They recently...
Medication disposal system geared to LTC
Jun 07, 2016
A nurse has partnered with Medline to introduce the Drug Buster® medication disposal system to the long-term care market.
Nursing home fires back after pregnancy discrimination suit
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Nov 04, 2015
A Michigan nursing home is pushing for dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a former employee alleging pregnancy discrimination, stating there was nothing “improper” about her firing.
AHA sounds off on proposed nursing home rules
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Oct 16, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should update their quality and safety regulations for long-term care facilities more frequently, a leading hospital group said this week.
Fire chief, 5 others placed on leave after death at Minnesota nursing home
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Aug 20, 2015
Six employees of the Maplewood, MN, fire department, including the chief, have been placed on administrative leave after the death of a nursing home resident.
Software upgrade adds more security for controlled substance access
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 24, 2019
CUBEX LLC’s MedBank™ Solutions, a leading provider of first-dose and emergency medication technology, has significantly enhanced the software behind its cloud-based workflow solution to add a two-way...