Providers: Staffing rule a CMS ‘fairy tale’ that will ‘exacerbate’ nursing home access issue
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 23, 2024
Despite minor concessions in a staffing mandate issued Monday, many nursing home providers were shell-shocked by what they saw as federal regulators’ intractable stance on minimums at a time when nearly...
Bills that add CNA training flexibility, extend telehealth privileges advance toward full House vote
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Josh Henreckson
May 09, 2024
Two key bills that would allow nursing homes more flexibility to train certified nursing assistants onsite and extend telehealth access through 2026 cleared a major hurdle at a markup session before the...
‘No time to mislead the public’ on nursing homes, Biden told; experts offer solutions
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Josh Henreckson
May 06, 2024
The Biden administration should stop its “incendiary descriptions” of the long-term care sector and focus instead on collaborative policy solutions, scolded LeadingAge president and CEO Katie Smith...
House committee split raises new questions on nursing home staffing rule’s future
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Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2024
Some House lawmakers Tuesday painted their effort to repeal a new nursing home staffing mandate as a bid to ensure access to care and to stake their authority over a rogue regulatory agency at the same...
Esmerelda Lee emigrated from South Africa during apartheid, planning to study medicine in the United States. What she may not have expected was that her model of steadfast leadership and commitment to...
How new long-term care models and tech can cut into billions spent on rehospitalizations
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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.
Behind the push to include more nursing home residents in clinical trials
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 30, 2024
Nursing home residents — who often deal with complex and overlapping medical conditions — should be included in more clinical trials for therapies and medications, a group of researchers is emphasizing...
State panel approves nursing home worker minimum wages, including $24 hourly for CNAs
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Josh Henreckson
May 01, 2024
A Minnesota panel tasked with creating pay levels for nursing facilities approved a minimum wage for all nursing home workers Monday, following a concerted push from consumer advocates and union workers.
Wait-and-see staffing rule exemptions meant to ‘safeguard’ residents: CMS
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 25, 2024
Skilled nursing providers will not have to go through a stand-alone application process to be exempted from provisions of a new federal staffing mandate, an official with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
The critters are coming, the critters are coming! Here’s what to do about it
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Michael Wilson
May 01, 2024
As the summer months approach, the invasion of bugs into indoor spaces, especially in long-term care and senior care facilities, becomes a pressing issue. These pests are driven indoors by the search for...
