Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a massive uptick in telehealth use around the country, hard-hit nursing homes also turned to the tool to try and keep patients safe. The aim, they said, was to examine the consequences of the rapid telehealth rollout in nursing homes. Saved organizational resources. THE LARGER TREND.
C&M Health Law
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a much anticipated and contested proposed rule that seeks to establish minimum staffing level requirements for nursing homes. hours of nursing staff per resident per day, or 3.0 HPRD from nurse aids (NAs). [2]
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Healthcare Law Blog
JULY 5, 2023
On June 30, 2023, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) issued a notice to nursing home operators and administrators announcing that it will begin conducting assessments on July 10, 2023 of nursing homes’ compliance with the State’s minimum staffing requirements.
Hall Render
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Department of Health and Human Services found that most skilled nursing facilities (“nursing homes”) in Georgia that it surveyed are not correctly complying with life safety requirements or emergency preparedness requirements. The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S.
Med-Net Compliance
OCTOBER 4, 2022
On September 23, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued revised COVID-19 nursing home visitation guidance. Nursing homes should use the community transmission level metric, not the community level metric. parties, events) facilities should encourage physical distancing.
Med-Net Compliance
OCTOBER 13, 2022
A jury found a North Dakota certified nursing aide (CNA) guilty of Aggravated Assault causing permanent impairment and Reckless Endangerment. The evidence at the trial showed that the CNA performed an improper, one-person lift of a nursing home resident which resulted in severe and painful injuries to the resident.
Med-Net Compliance
OCTOBER 6, 2022
An Iowa nursing home was cited for placing its residents in immediate jeopardy after a resident became wedged between a bed and a grab bar and suffocated. Specifically, the facility failed to immediately report the event that resulted in the death of the resident. The facility submitted the incident report to the SSA 16.5
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