Ease ‘churning and burning’ of staff with these strategies, experts tell LTC crowd
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 11, 2022
Medical directors and other advanced clinical staff can do more to help direct care workers cope with the ongoing staffing shortage, a strategy that experts at the PALTC2022 annual conference said Thursday...
Industry groups call for vaccine mandate for all healthcare workers, but would it work in long-term care?
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 14, 2021
Multiple national organizations have called on all healthcare facilities, including nursing homes and hospitals, to mandate the COVID-19 vaccines for all employees.
How new long-term care models and tech can cut into billions spent on rehospitalizations
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 16, 2024
Nursing homes are on the frontier of new care models and technology solutions that have the potential to save billions of dollars in healthcare costs.
Federal report offers crisis strategies for LTC providers
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 29, 2020
Post-acute and long-term care providers have an additional tool on how to adjust their operations and standards of care during the COVID-19 pandemic or future emergencies.
AMDA ‘thrilled’ by medical directors’ inclusion in new CMS transparency rule
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 21, 2023
Nursing homes will have to publicly disclose information about their medical directors, along with other managing employees, under a new transparency rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Rollout of COVID antibody therapy requires clinician feedback, U.S. officials say
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 11, 2020
Federal agencies say they will depend on clinician input during distribution of Eli Lilly’s new intravenous antibody therapy for high-risk COVID-19 patients.
‘A great place to practice’: New AMDA president looks to advance medical directors’ influence
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 06, 2022
If one were looking for an opportunity to shape long-term care, there might be no better time to step into a top advocacy position than days after federal officials launch a major reform effort.