Stop-gap licensing waivers offer promise for nurse staffing crisis
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 02, 2022
Maintaining relaxed licensing regulations could be a key way to address the nation’s ongoing nurse staffing crisis and improve access to care, suggests a new Health Affairs study.
A new study reveals top factors tied to record-setting mortality rates in Canada’s LTC facilities during the early pandemic, and a treatment that boosted survival in severely ill residents.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, August 2
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Aug 02, 2022
COVID-19 vaccination mandates don’t negatively affect nursing home staffing: study … ‘First-ever’ legislation to end Parkinson’s disease introduced in House … Shingles virus may cause damage...
Providers both relieved and angry after CMS changes course on pay rates, extends phase-in period
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 01, 2022
Although many skilled nursing providers let out a sigh of relief after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a 2.7% net pay increase for SNFs in 2023 on Friday, others were still expressing...
COVID-19 outbreaks worsened nursing home staffing shortages: study
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 01, 2022
Nursing homes that had severe COVID-19 outbreaks experienced significant staffing losses during and after the outbreaks. Emergency staffing plans need to be developed for future outbreaks including potentially...
Research supports COVID-19 booster shot mandates for SNF workers
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2022
With the prospect of new strains of the COVID-19 virus looming, researchers are making a case for states to impose vaccination booster shot mandates on nursing home employees.
BREAKING: CMS finalizes 2.7% pay raise, two year phase-in for PDPM cuts
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 29, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday afternoon announced a finalized cut to nursing home Medicare pay rates for fiscal 2023.
Ask the legal expert: Did drug diversions increase at nursing homes?
By
Norris Cunningham
Jul 01, 2022
Q: It seems as if drug diversions in nursing homes increased during the pandemic. Is this accurate?
Editor’s Desk | The staffing solution? Listen, learn, change
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2022
With more than 40 years in healthcare as a provider, and more significantly as a strategic market analyst, consultant Irving Stackpole knows a thing or 300 about your business and the struggles you face.
Nursing home RNs, nurse aides lead with 11 percent pay jumps: new industry survey
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 29, 2022
Thanks to the conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing home nurses averaged double-digit pay increases this year, as virtually all titles notched healthy increases, according to the industry’s...