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More than one-quarter of nurse assessment coordinators have limited on-the-job experience, potentially leaving providers at risk for survey deficiencies and leading to poorer health outcomes for facility...

A new federal review process designed to lower the rate of improper government payments is sending provider staffs scurrying to justify their coding.

Career ladder programs help providers keep workers. Here’s how … NIH opens long COVID clinical trials through RECOVER Initiative … AHA, AMA, payers tell CMS to skip electronic prior authorization...

Long-term care providers are being urged to recognize their frontline caregivers during National Nurses Week. The sector is being directed to use the hashtag #LTPACNursesWeek2023.

Registration is in full swing for the The American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN) annual conference. The event will be held April 19-21 at The Tropicana Las Vegas.

The RSV leg of the so-called tripledemic is hitting seniors at an alarming rate, putting nursing home staff on alert for an infection that manifests itself similarly to the other two legs, flu and COVID-19.

US News & World Report’s well-known nursing home ratings kicked up the heat on operators this year, adding information on ownership tenure, weekend staffing levels and infections.

Q: How can we care plan for resident trauma?

Providers are trying to wrap their arms — and their software — around almost 1,200 ICD-10 coding updates that go into effect starting this weekend, including an “explosion of codes” related to...

Skilled nursing providers are worried they could see their star ratings drop following new changes to the quality measure rating threshold, according to a top expert.