CMS imposes hiring freeze, warns of nursing home survey reductions without budget increase
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Nov 13, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services instituted a partial hiring freeze in July, and a top official said state survey agencies could take a hit if Congress can’t reach a federal budget deal.
Ask the legal expert … about screening for sex offenders
By
John Durso
Apr 01, 2014
How can we make sure we don’t have registered sex offenders working or volunteering for us? What if they lie to us about it?
How to do it… Finding and keeping infection preventionists
By
John Hall
Jan 20, 2023
With the critical shortages in the nursing home workforce today, there may not be a more important hire than the now-mandatory infection preventionist.