Any upcoming cuts to Patient Driven Payment Model rates will not occur without providers’ voices being heard, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said as it solicited comments from stakeholders...
December IT Update
Dec 01, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services is extending the compliance timelines for the Office of the National Coordinator’s information blocking and interoperability rule finalized in March, due to...
Visitor contact more than halved: research
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2020
Nursing home visits of all kinds fell by 53% between March and April, immediately following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to September findings by SeniorLiving.org Research.
12 facilities resume visits
Oct 01, 2020
TEXAS — Just 12 nursing homes had met Texas’ criteria for resuming visitation at their facilities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as of press time.
60 seconds with … CDC Director Robert Redfield
Sep 01, 2020
Robert Redfield, M.D.
Director, CDC
Operators avert big strike
Jun 01, 2020
ILLINOIS — Dozens of Illinois nursing home providers averted a strike by increasing wages by 24% and agreeing to provide hazard pay for workers.
‘Scary’ SNF closure trend
Jan 05, 2020
Nebraska — The closure of more than a dozen nursing homes throughout the state of Nebraska in 2019 is causing an “economic ripple effect” on nearby towns, according to community members.
Licenses at risk for nursing facilities that don’t meet new emergency preparedness rules, official...
Jan 05, 2020
Long-term care facilities in Florida that have yet to comply with new emergency preparedness requirements, which include installing permanent or temporary generators, could lose their licenses, according...
October Company Briefs
Oct 18, 2019
»CareWorx Fully Managed announced a partnership with Cliniconex, which offers a family engagement solution designed to return time to care through workflow automation. The goal is to make the Ottawa-based...
Job seekers often unfit
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 17, 2019
More than 25,000 job applicants were deemed ineligible to work in long-term care through the federal background check program over the last two years. The nationwide number is estimated to be much higher....