‘Needs Rounds’ improve palliative care, reduce hospitalizations in nursing homes: research
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Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 12, 2024
Regular, focused meetings to discuss the specific needs of nursing home residents requiring palliative care can reduce repeated hospitalizations and improve the quality of a person’s final days, according...
NADONA finds new top exec from within after unexpected death of long-time leader
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James M. Berklan
Aug 11, 2024
Cindy Fronning, the group’s director of education, has assumed the top spot at the National Association of Directors of Nursing in Long Term Care.
Nursing homes’ high rate of Immediate Jeopardy tags warrants ‘all-hands-on-deck’ response
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Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 03, 2024
A return to more “normal” nursing home operations in the post-pandemic world has also often meant a return to certain more serious citations, one industry expert pointed out last week.
Game planning emerges for new SNF PPS pay rule
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Jessica R. Towhey
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2024
As disapproval about the 2025 skilled nursing Medicare pay rate increase continued to rise Thursday, long-term care providers and their advisors began devising coping strategies for some of the less flashy...
Good Samaritan’s pending deal for second portfolio helps it close on midway point of massive reorganization
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 28, 2024
Leaders of the Good Samaritan Society will be on the ground in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to continue scaling back its national footprint.
Speed, agility, ‘regulatory rationality’: Incoming AHCA CEO Clif Porter reveals his goals for the...
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James M. Berklan
Jul 25, 2024
Clif Porter might not officially become president and CEO of the largest US nursing home association until later this year, but the new hire already has a pretty good idea of how he wants to guide the...
‘Exemplary, inspiring’ Clif Porter named AHCA/NCAL’s next president and CEO
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James M. Berklan
Jul 16, 2024
Clifton Porter II, the long-time top advocacy executive for the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, was named its next president and CEO Monday.
Bipartisan group pushes for more investment, permanent telehealth for Medicare providers
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 15, 2024
With a deadline to extend current telehealth reimbursement policies fast approaching, a bipartisan group of policy advocates is calling on legislators to make telehealth a permanent fixture of US healthcare...
Trump shooter worked at nursing home
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James M. Berklan
Jul 14, 2024
The 20-year-old identified as the shooter who nearly killed former President Donald Trump Saturday evening was a dietary aide at a Pittsburgh-area nursing and rehab facility, authorities said Sunday.
This is really it! Tuesday is final deadline to enter McKnight’s Tech Awards
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James M. Berklan
Jul 06, 2024
Entrants have until midnight Tuesday (July 9) to get their submissions in for the 2024 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.