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HIT Consultant
AUGUST 3, 2022
As a Board-Certified Internist and Geriatrician with over 35 years of providing care in nursing facilities, this sentiment has guided me throughout my career. Our nursing facility industry is about to crumble. of nursing homes experienced a shortage of direct care workers 2.
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Large hospital operators reported increasing lengths of stay and difficulties discharging patients in the first half of 2022. The answer to why lies in a perennially stressed post-acute care chassis driven to the brink by COVID-19
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Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
The gains are slightly above last year’s average for the sector, which was 47,000 new jobs per month
HIT Consultant
JUNE 1, 2022
Nursing homes care for the elderly, people with disabilities, or those who are terminally ill. However, abuse can take many different forms in nursing homes and can devastatingly impact the residents.
HealthIT Answers
OCTOBER 18, 2022
The post How Nursing Homes Can Build Their Own Recruiting Pipelines appeared first on Health IT Answers. Talent Tuesday David Coppins Hot Topics IntelyCare nursing homes Recruitment
Kaiser Health News
MARCH 3, 2022
President Joe Biden’s top Medicare official suggested Wednesday that forthcoming rules to bolster nursing home staffing won’t be issued under a mechanism, known as interim final rules, that would allow regulations to take effect more or less immediately.
The Health Law Firm Blog
JULY 11, 2022
Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it has sued three nursing homes in Ohio and Pennsylvania, citing their “grossly substandard skilled nursing services.” By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On June 15, 2022, the U.S.
Modern Healthcare
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a proposed rule that aims to promote transparency in the often opaque realm of nursing home ownership
Healthcare Compliance Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2022
A jury found a North Dakota certified nursing aide (CNA) guilty of Aggravated Assault causing permanent impairment and Reckless Endangerment. The post North Dakota CNA Found Guilty after Injuring Nursing Home Resident by Improper Lifting appeared first on Med-Net.
Mobi Health News
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The trial aims to enable hospitals and nursing homes to quickly respond to emergency situations while ensuring patients' privacy
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
HHS expands ownership data set for 15,000 Medicare-certified nursing homes. dmuoio. Mon, 09/26/2022 - 14:44
Kaiser Health News
JANUARY 28, 2022
A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule that left hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries without coverage for nursing home care, and no way to challenge a denial.
Healthcare Compliance Blog
JUNE 21, 2022
The Justice Department has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against an Ohio nursing home operator and three affiliated nursing homes for providing grossly substandard skilled nursing services between 2016 and 2018.
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.
Healthcare Compliance Blog
MAY 5, 2022
Massachusetts’ Attorney General has secured settlements with five Massachusetts nursing homes to resolve allegations of patient neglect, insufficient staff training, and inadequate care for vulnerable nursing home residents.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 1, 2022
CMS finalizes rule to boost nursing home pay rates by $904M in fiscal 2023. rking. Mon, 08/01/2022 - 13:12
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 24, 2022
CMS cracks down on poor-performing nursing homes by increasing penalties. rking. Mon, 10/24/2022 - 17:13
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 27, 2022
CMS gives nursing homes a longer leash on staff COVID-19 vaccination requirements. dmuoio. Thu, 10/27/2022 - 16:55
HIT Consultant
APRIL 22, 2022
To make it easier for families and caregivers to evaluate the quality of nursing homes, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regularly publishes data on its “ Care Compare ” website. Last month, CMS added additional metrics to how it scores the quality of nursing homes.
Healthcare Compliance Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2022
On September 23, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued revised COVID-19 nursing home visitation guidance. If the nursing home’s county COVID-19 community transmission is high, everyone in a healthcare setting should wear face coverings or masks.
NEJM
MAY 13, 2022
More than 30 years after the Nursing Home Reform Act, the United States still fails to protect nursing home residents and provide them with high-quality care. The Covid-19 pandemic’s devastating effect on nursing homes reminds us that further reforms are sorely needed
Healthcare Compliance Blog
OCTOBER 27, 2022
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, the psychologist caused the submission of fraudulent Medicare claims from July 2016 through June 2019 for psychotherapy services purportedly provided to nursing home residents in Chicago and surrounding areas.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 2, 2021
Majority of nursing homes missing broad safety, quality inspections due to the pandemic. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 08/02/2021 - 14:02
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Louisiana revokes licenses from 7 nursing homes after Ida evacuation failures cost lives. dmuoio. Wed, 09/08/2021 - 12:27
Healthcare Compliance Blog
AUGUST 9, 2022
An Illinois nursing home was named in a lawsuit alleging the staff’s negligence resulted in a resident’s fall. When nursing staff finally got the door open, the resident complained of leg pain.?She
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Report: Nursing homes shed 221K jobs since start of pandemic while other sectors have recovered. rking. Wed, 11/10/2021 - 16:20
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 14, 2022
Hospitals forced to delay patient discharges as nursing homes and rehab centers face major staff shortages. dmuoio. Fri, 01/14/2022 - 16:07
Healthcare Compliance Blog
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. On March 19, 2022, a CNA went to the nurse’s station to report that the resident was on the floor.
Healthcare Compliance Blog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
A large long-term care facility located in Vermont violated federal law by allowing black nurses and nurse assistants to be subjected to ongoing and egregious racial harassment, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit.
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Private-equity-acquired nursing homes have worse resident outcomes, higher Medicare costs, study finds. dmuoio. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 15:53
Healthcare Compliance Blog
JULY 28, 2022
A 62-year-old resident (Resident 1) at a Washington DC nursing home was charged with bludgeoning to death his 80-year-old roommate (Resident 2) with a metal bed rail, according to police and court documents. in a similar incident at a Washington DC group home in 2019.
Healthcare Compliance Blog
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
He also was employed by several area skilled nursing facilities and residential care facilities. The post Nursing Home Physician Sentenced after Taking Bribes from Drug Manufacturer appeared first on Med-Net.
Healthcare Compliance Blog
JUNE 29, 2022
An Oklahoma nurse aide pleaded guilty to abusing a nursing home resident and was placed on a deferred sentence probation for three years under the supervision of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
Bill of Health
MARCH 16, 2022
spread between nursing homes. These facilities, like most nursing homes, are for-profit businesses that pad their margins by cutting labor costs. In theory, all this care could be delivered in seniors’ homes and communities. By Andrew Milne.
Healthcare Compliance Blog
MAY 4, 2022
A former employee has filed a lawsuit against a West Virginia nursing home alleging sexual harassment by another employee. An employee of the nursing home was also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.
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