Updated government guidelines may help with diverse resident populations
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 26, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services has updated its national standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS), providing an enhanced tool for long-term care providers serving...
Having heads in the cloud is good for LTC, says IT expert
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John Andrews
Apr 01, 2013
In a new report titled “The State of the Cloud,” technology products vendor CDW found that the percentage of healthcare organizations implementing or maintaining cloud-based computing increased...
Ask the Care Expert about … ordering antibiotics
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Sep 06, 2017
I am trying to train some of the staff on my floor to be aware before simply automatically ordering an antibiotic to get the resident feeling better. Can you help?
CMS extends comment period for proposed new PPS
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Alyssa Salela
Jun 23, 2017
Federal regulators announced Thursday that they are extending the comment period for a proposal to revise the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system case-mix methodology.
Provider to pay $2.4 million to settle HIPAA violation after naming patient in press release
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May 12, 2017
A Texas health system has agreed to pay $2.4 million to settle potential HIPAA violations stemming from an incident where it named a patient in a press release, authorities announced Wednesday.
SNF off the hook for $790,000 in damages in fall case, court rules
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May 09, 2017
A Kentucky nursing home won’t have to pay $790,000 in punitive damages in a case that claimed facility negligence caused a resident’s fall and eventual death, an appellate court ruled on Friday.
Ask the Legal Expert about … administrative law judges
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John Durso
Sep 05, 2016
A certain administrative law judge clearly screwed us on a previous decision and now it looks like we’re going to get him again. Is there anything we can do to avoid this?
Nursing home fired aide on her second day because she was pregnant, state alleges
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 01, 2019
A New Jersey nursing facility fired an employee on her second day of work after finding out that she was pregnant, the state’s attorney general alleged Wednesday.
Ask the nursing expert: How can my department cope with Medicare cuts?
Dec 01, 2011
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Second annual Hackfest just a week away
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James M. Berklan
Oct 10, 2014
Final preparations are underway for the second annual LeadingAge Hackfest.The Oct. 18-20 event will pit teams of four to six members against one another in a quest to create a technology-driven tool that...