April 20: Electrostatic spraying — an infection control technology for the future
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 06, 2021
A special McKnight’s webinar at 1 p.m. ET on April 20 will explore electrostatic spraying and how it can help streamline surface disinfection practices.
Pivoting providers: SNFs focusing on transitional care and rehab welcome COVID-19 patients
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2021
Skilled facilities focusing on transitional care and rehab welcome COVID-19 patients, and offer road map for post-pandemic industry as providers seek to broaden appeal and build census.
Skilled nursing providers aren’t winners in $2T infrastructure plan, but bigger prize may be on horizon
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 31, 2021
The $2 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan unveiled Wednesday evening by President Joe Biden leaves out many of the ambitious healthcare proposals he campaigned on.
Skilled nursing staff blamed: COVID-19 outbreaks continue to hinder visits, angering residents and families
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 31, 2021
Some families’ hopes of visiting loved ones inside their nursing homes are being dashed by ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks among staff, and they may be poised to turn their anger toward vaccine-hesitant workers.
Worries mount despite new lows for nursing home COVID-19 cases, deaths
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 31, 2021
COVID-19 cases in U.S. nursing homes have hit their lowest mark since federal officials began tracking last May, according to a new report issued by the American Health Care Association and National Center...
Governor’s team threatened nursing home licenses, fines in vaccine-ordering dust-up
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 31, 2021
Confusion over unclaimed COVID-19 vaccines led high-ranking New York officials to threaten penalties, license revocations and public shaming of nursing homes they may have wrongly considered at fault.
Also in the News for Wednesday, March 31
Mar 31, 2021
‘Pain champions’ in nursing homes spur better adoption of guidelines: study … State leaders gut proposed visitation law before passing it … Legal scholars want investigation into investigator of...
Medical liability premiums increase by highest rate in 15 years
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 30, 2021
A national analysis finds liability premiums increased for nearly one-third of healthcare providers in 2020.
Providers say malpractice law would encourage claimants to drag out cases
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 30, 2021
After vetoing a bill that would have allowed lawyers to collect 9% pretrial interest in medical malpractice cases, Illinois’ governor appears poised to give his blessing to a compromise version that...
Also in the News for Tuesday, March 30
Mar 29, 2021
OIG: Medicaid Fraud Unit reviewed too many unjustified referrals, diverting resources from viable abuse investigations … Florida governor signs law extending healthcare liability protections for COVID-19...