LeadingAge to lawmakers: Final rule places ‘impossible burdens’ on providers
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Jan 30, 2017
Providers are “gravely concerned” and need regulatory relief because of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s recent issuance of a final rule for nursing homes, LeadingAge said...
Ask the Treatment Expert about … diabetic foot ulcers
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Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Oct 01, 2016
What is the role of our clinicians in treating foot ulcers associated with a diagnosis of diabetes?
Ask the Nursing Expert: How can we integrate hospice services into our plan of care?
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Anne Marie Barnett
Jul 06, 2012
Hospice services can be a wonderful addition to the care we are providing. Their pain management skills are incredible
Ask the payment expert: explaining the changes in the new Section Q of the MDS
CBO: CLASS Act could eventually contribute to deficit
Dec 01, 2009
The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, which appears in House and Senate healthcare reform legislation, could wind up adding tens of billions of dollars to the federal deficit,...
New power wheelchair rules effective next week; implementation delayed
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Haymarket Media
Oct 18, 2005
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Friday it will delay implementation of new power mobility device (PMD) codes; new rules for power wheel chairs would be effective Oct. 25 as originally...
High Court hears nursing home free-speech case stemming from dispute with Wilkes and McHugh law firm
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 23, 2019
The Georgia Supreme Court was set to hear arguments Tuesday on whether a law firm’s allegedly misleading ads about three nursing homes are protected by freedom of speech provisions.
Nursing home disputes state’s claims that administrator, DON threatened staff in attempt to cover...
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 06, 2018
An administrator and director of nursing at a Wisconsin nursing home are in hot water for trying to stymie a sexual assault investigation involving residents.