Doesn’t the lifting of nurse aide training waivers put facilities back to square one in their efforts to overcome serious staffing issues?
2022 McKnight’s Tech Awards + Summit shines
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 05, 2022
Following another year in which COVID-19 and staffing shortages forced skilled nursing operators to innovate, the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards drew a record number of entries.
Nurses: Patients have suffered due to work overload
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 05, 2022
Nine in 10 nurses believe the quality of patient care often suffers as a result of the nursing shortage, according to a survey by nurse staffing firm connectRN.
How to design to appeal to residents and staff
By
John Hall
Dec 05, 2022
Fanciful touches may have had their day in some designers’ eyes at some point, but most designers now recommend spaces that place function over form.
Providers have big shoes to fill with infection preventionists
By
John Hall
Dec 05, 2022
Infection preventionists should expect their responsibilities to grow as the industry continues grappling with
workforce issues.
Information technology helping SNFs slice through ‘noise’
By
John Hall
Dec 05, 2022
As nursing homes emerge from one of the most challenging periods in the sector’s history, they still find themselves hindered by old problems. Information technology holds the promise to help facilities...
Rehydrating skilled nursing: American Senior Communities’ Jerald Cosey
By
Kimberly Hartley
Dec 05, 2022
Just as Jerald Cosey’s lengthy pharmaceutical sales career had reached a peak — leading a team of his choosing to sell a new Pfizer medication — he resigned. It was 2013 and the husband and father...
New guidance adds pressure
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2022
Skilled nursing providers in late October began grappling with major changes to rules governing their everyday operations, with new surveyor guidance that went live Oct. 24.
‘We will not go back,’ on SNF visitation: CMS
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2022
Promoting a return to normalcy where pandemic conditions allow, a top Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official said that nursing homes will not return to stringent isolation policies used during...
Ask the payment expert …. about the total nurse staffing measure
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Nov 11, 2022
Q: What is the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Payment Total Nurse Staffing Measure?