Social factors linked to disparities in rehab services for critically ill older adults
By
Donna Shryer
May 12, 2024
A recent study confirmed the link between social determinants of health (SDOH), such as dual Medicare and Medicaid eligibility, rural residence and limited English proficiency, and reduced delivery of...
Reducing overtime expenses
By
Bruce Baron
Apr 25, 2014
Julie Harris, Sr. Director of Clinical Services at Merrimack Health Group, was struggling with a common healthcare problem: One of her communities was experiencing staff call-outs and the resulting overtime...
COVID-designated nursing home to pay up after stiffing employees on pandemic OT
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 20, 2023
A Rhode Island nursing home that was designated a COVID-19 specialty facility will pay more than $288,000 in back wages to employees who were shorted overtime pay during the pandemic.
Also in the News for Friday, April 12, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2024
White House review of rule that would jack up number of workers eligible for overtime complete … PACS Group completes IPO, raising $450M … 2024 may be another ‘blockbuster’ for healthcare bankruptcies...
Limiting overtime hours seen as good for RNs and patients
By
Mary Gustafson
Mar 01, 2012
State-mandated caps on registered nurses’ mandatory overtime have succeeded in reducing medical mistakes and decreasing turnover rates, a new study finds.
Ask the Legal Expert about … Overtime laws
By
John Durso
Jun 08, 2018
Some of our staff are super-diligent and work right through lunch breaks sometimes. Can we get in trouble with OSHA or other regulators if we stress to them to take their breaks but they still don’t?
Put time on your side: Four ways a time clock can fast forward goals
By
Jim Pirraglia
Mar 19, 2021
Despite an ongoing evolution of employee time-tracking solutions, many long-term care organizations still rely on antiquated time clocks that do little more than record a worker’s comings and goings....
Provider denies it worked a nurse to death, but will court agree?
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2014
Long-term care workers, particularly nurses, might complain or even joke about it: I’m being worked to death. But now a dead nurse’s family is testing such an assertion in court.
Ready for another overtime battle?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 14, 2019
The Labor Department just sent a new overtime proposal to the White House for consideration. That’s a good sign that the rest of us may soon get a peek.
Staffing agency to pay $400,000 after shorting LTC workers on overtime pay
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Oct 24, 2017
A Minnesota long-term care staffing agency has agreed to pay more than $400,000 in back wages and damages following allegations that it failed to pay almost 100 workers the correct overtime wages, the...