How new long-term care models and tech can cut into billions spent on rehospitalizations
By
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.
Also in the News for Thursday, March 28, 2024
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 28, 2024
Steward seeks to cover debts by selling operations to Optum Care … Another nursing home sued in wrongful death case related to ‘killer nurse’ … Workforce issues force nursing home to close, affecting...
AMDA advocates for clinically appropriate and safe staffing levels
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Michael Wasserman
Victoria Walker, MD, CMD
Jan 02, 2024
Skilled nursing facilities are no longer settings just for aging older adults. Residents are both younger and/or with far more medically and socially complex needs. Experiences during the pandemic...
AMDA ‘thrilled’ by medical directors’ inclusion in new CMS transparency rule
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Josh Henreckson
Nov 21, 2023
Nursing homes will have to publicly disclose information about their medical directors, along with other managing employees, under a new transparency rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Bake in success with advanced clinicians in place: BrightSpring Health’s Arif Nazir, MD
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 26, 2023
Many nursing homes are moving too quickly to implement evolving technologies before their worth is fully known, cautions national nursing home medical expert Arif Nazir.
Also in the News for Tuesday, March 14
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 14, 2023
California man, 23, shot to death in nursing home bed, police say … Race, geographic disparities found in 30-day readmissions for people with dementia … On the Move: AMDA Names Michelle Zinnert new...
Zinnert named new AMDA executive director
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 13, 2023
AMDA – The Society for Long-Term Care Medicine has appointed Michelle Zinnert, CAE, its new executive director. The announcement was made March 11 during the organization’s annual conference...
LTC medical directors conference hits March 9
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James M. Berklan
Feb 24, 2023
PALTC23, the annual meeting of the medical directors association for long-term and post-acute care medical directors, will take place March 9-12 in Tampa.
A light in the darkness: Swati Gaur, MD, medical director
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Kimberly Hartley
Nov 11, 2022
Swati Gaur, AMDA’s 2022 Medical Director of the Year, understands the power or medicine and the power of care – for others and for self.
43 recommendations help fill gap in medical and mental healthcare guidance for assisted living, experts...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 04, 2022
Forty-three recommendations from a new study will guide medical and mental healthcare and increase care consistency in assisted living, the authors say.