The 2024 AHCA/NCAL Quality Summit will take place Monday through Wednesday in San Antonio, giving providers innovative ideas, strategies and inspiration to ensure high-quality care.
Final deadline for 2023 Women of Distinction nominations Tuesday
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James M. Berklan
Jan 06, 2023
The “final-final” nomination deadline for the 2023 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program has been extended to Tuesday (Jan. 10), organizers announced.
NIC spring conference lined up for March 1-3
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James M. Berklan
Jan 20, 2023
The annual spring conference of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care will take place March 1-3 in San Diego.
AHCA/NCAL Quality Summit kicks off Monday
By
James M. Berklan
May 17, 2024
The 2024 AHCA/NCAL Quality Summit will take place Monday through Wednesday in San Antonio, giving providers innovative ideas, strategies and inspiration to ensure high-quality care.
Also in the News for Monday, April 17
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James M. Berklan
Apr 17, 2023
DOL: Aging population accounts for much of healthcare job growth … Nurses trained via virtual reality performed better than those with inpatient clinical training … Hearing loss in COVID-19 patients...
The truth(s) about the big nursing home COVID hearing
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James M. Berklan
Sep 22, 2022
There were a lot of things at this retrospective coronavirus carnival. But what might have been most remarkable was not represented at this nursing home-centric hearing. Nursing homes.
[Updated] Providers bracing for CMS release of federal nursing home staffing mandate at ‘any time’
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James M. Berklan
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 31, 2023
Nursing home leaders Wednesday were expecting details of a first-ever federal nursing home staffing mandate to be released at virtually any time.
Therapy association urges cautious use of telehealth until HHS responds
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James M. Berklan
May 15, 2023
Therapy leaders are advising physical and occupational therapists, as well as speech language pathologists, to minimize their use of telehealth in nursing homes and other institutional settings until federal...
New McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards to honor skilled nursing veterans, others
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James M. Berklan
Oct 03, 2022
The newest McKnight’s awards program is designed to recognize industry veterans for their accomplishments and inspiration.
Nursing homes will see a higher-than-expected 4.0% increase in their Medicare Part A payments in fiscal 2024, per a finalized Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule publicized late Monday. But major...