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Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, October 22

Publish Date October 22, 2019

Lightweight robotic exosuit aids walking, mobility …  Provider’s high expectations can have a placebo effect on health treatment … IBD prevalence 3 times higher than estimates and expected to rise … Mobile app use increases heart meds compliance, reduces hospitalization

CMS leaves providers hanging — abuse icon implementation one day away

Publish Date October 21, 2019

Providers call on CMS to delay RoP Phase 3 requirements, citing ‘lack of guidance’

Publish Date October 21, 2019

Nurse staffing company to pay $2.75M to settle overtime wage dispute

Publish Date October 21, 2019

Also in the News for Tuesday, Oct. 22

Publish Date October 21, 2019

Providers fear harsher surveys as CMS seeks to improve surveyor oversight

Publish Date October 20, 2019

Guest Columns

Asking too much of an icon

By

Katie Smith Sloan

Cultural change: Why the old is stronger than the new

By

Martie Moore

Embracing the journey in a Red Zone world

By

Gary Tetz

Analysis: 2,800 nursing homes getting, or on the edge, for ‘abuse’ icon

By

Melissa Fedun

Jessica Curtis

Getting nurses to rethink rehospitalization

By

Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC