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No Exodus of Nursing Home Staff, Residents Amid Coronavirus Spread — But Supply Crunch May Be Coming
Concerns for the frailest nursing home patients are on the rise after the coronavirus has taken the lives of four nursing home residents in Washington state. But despite confusion and …
SafelyYou Webinar | What if you could see every unwitnessed fall in memory care?
Presented By SafelyYou Date: Tuesday, November 19 & Thursday November 21, 2019 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m PST / 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EST Description: Using video of falls to …
Your DNA Profile is Private? A Florida Judge Just Said Otherwise
For police officers around the country, the genetic profiles that 20 million people have uploaded to consumer DNA sites represent a tantalizing resource that could be used to solve cases …
LeadingAge Florida Bulletin: Survey Trends
LeadingAge Florida members have been experiencing issues with increased scrutiny in the CMS nursing home survey process. To help our members prepare and deal with the increased scrutiny, the weekly …
CMS: Updates to the Nursing Home Compare website and the Five Star Quality Rating System
In March 2019, CMS released the CMS Roadmap for Fighting the Opioid Crisis. One aspect of this roadmap is a directive to address how quality measures may provide incentives for …
Tapping older workers is key to solving state’s workforce problem
Older workers are vital to keeping Minnesota’s workforce strong, and can be part of the solution to our state’s workforce problem. In the Star Tribune’s Sept. 29 coverage of Minnesota’s …
Providers look to foreign-born caregivers to ease LTC staffing shortages
Long-term care providers are hoping several policy recommendations will ease caregiver shortages. LeadingAge announced Tuesday a set of proposals aimed at increasing the number of foreign-born aging services workers in the United …
CMS Finalizes $851M Pay Bump for Nursing Homes, Rolls Out PDPM Clarifications
The federal government on Tuesday finalized a predicted funding increase for nursing homes, while also formalizing changes to several key quality programs — with an eye toward clarifying some parts …
BREAKING: CMS final rule allows arbitration agreements, proposes one-year delay of 3rd phase of Requirements of Participation
Notice to Nursing Home Operators: New CMS rule continues to allow pre-dispute arbitration agreement; however, such agreements can NOT be a prerequisite to admission to the facility. In addition, the …