Always nice to see some positive news for SNFs coming out of academia
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 09, 2019
Sometimes, it’s easy to get the impression that academics are trying heap things upon the skilled care sector.
NIH releases COVID-19 treatment guidelines, warns against drug combo
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 22, 2020
The comprehensive guidelines are posted in a “living document” that will be updated as new information and evidence emerges, the agency announced Tuesday.
Providers at risk of COVID-19 exposure offered online safety training: NIH
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 28, 2020
A virtual safety training program developed with private sector e-learning companies is now accessible on the agency’s website.
Nursing home win: Florida judge nixes governor’s emergency generator rule
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Oct 30, 2017
Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) emergency mandates for generators in nursing homes and assisted living facilities was shut down Friday by an administrative law judge, who slammed the rules as “invalid...
Upstairs Solutions and AIS Inc. team up to prepare providers for the MDS 3.0
Jul 06, 2010
Upstairs Solutions and AIS Inc. jointly announced a partnership to help skilled nursing facilities deliver MDS 3.0 and RUG IV training. The partnership enables Upstairs Solutions to offer AIS’s MDS...
Lessons from increasing medical claims
By
Cameron Keir
Feb 09, 2015
As more staff become active in reporting work-related injuries, medical claim costs can hurt company’s bottom line.
EHOB to provide bedside pressure mapping system
Jan 27, 2015
EHOB has reached a distribution agreement with Wellsense and will become a provider of the latter’s M.A.P™ Continuous Bedside Pressure Mapping System.
Pest control owner faces possible imprisonment, million-dollar fines for services at Georgia nursing...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 13, 2013
The owner of a pest control company faces charges of improperly using a pesticide in nursing homes and engaging in a cover-up, which could result in prison time and stiff fines, according to the U.S. Department...
Asbury communities receive financing
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 23, 2018
HJ Sims announced it had closed $96.12 million in financing for Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, MD, and Asbury Solomons, located in Solomons, MD, as of Oct. 1.
CAST updates telehealth selection portfolio
Jul 21, 2015
The Center for Aging Services Technologies has updated its telehealth selection portfolio, and it has added six new products to the online selection tool and product matrix.