McKnight’s Fall Online Expo kicks off in three days
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Sep 19, 2016
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will pledge $87 million in funding to improve information technology in health centers in every state, the agency announced Thursday.
Electronic health records overlooked in healthcare debate
Aug 03, 2009
One part of President Obama’s healthcare agenda that has been nudged out of the spotlight is the push to create a nationwide network of electronic health records (EHR) by 2014. McKnight’s will...
One quarter of Americans will experience ‘severe need’ for long-term care services: report
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 02, 2021
About one fifth will require no services at all, a new analysis shows. But a sizable number will “experience the type of severe needs that most people dread,” the investigators say.
Providers in limbo on new PDPM pay rates
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Danielle Brown
Jun 02, 2021
Any upcoming cuts to Patient Driven Payment Model rates will not occur without providers’ voices being heard, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said as it solicited comments from stakeholders...
HHS updates Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements
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Danielle Brown
Oct 26, 2020
The federal government is no longer limiting providers’ use of Provider Relief Funds for covering lost revenue due to the coronavirus, according to an updated memo issued late last week.
Boxing helps those with Parkinson’s knock out symptoms
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 10, 2020
Participants in a non-contact boxing program reported improved non-motor symptoms and greater confidence in their ability to continue exercising.
Shortage of nurses expected to worsen, new survey finds
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Amy Novotney
Jan 05, 2020
About 20% of registered nurses are planning to retire within the next five years, a move that may worsen nurse staffing shortages, according to the 2019 AMN Survey of Registered Nurses.
‘First of its kind’ degree in LTC management
Mar 20, 2018
Georgia Southwestern State University is rolling out what it calls a “first-of-its-kind” degree for long-term care leaders this fall.
A Day in the Life: Soothing Singers
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Oct 06, 2017
Members of the Threshold Choir at Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices are quick to point out that the singing they do isn’t performing.
Administration keeps up contraception fight with Little Sisters of the Poor
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Apr 26, 2017
Negotiations between the federal government and religious groups over the Affordable Care Act’s controversial contraception mandate could stretch on under a motion filed Monday in federal court.