Convicted fake nurse hunts for senior care jobs again: DOJ … Nursing home closed for 2 years selling naming rights as part of re-opening campaign … Half of population may have mental disorder by...
‘Authoritative’ but effective: Study shows potential of internal vaccine mandate
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 07, 2023
Researchers found just 3.7% of unvaccinated workers in a network of continuing care retirement communities departed rather than get COVID shots after their employer adopted a mandate at the height of the...
CareTrust recruits new SNF partners with plenty of dry powder at the ready
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 07, 2023
CareTrust has repositioned some of its staff to identify successful skilled nursing operators with which the real estate investment trust should forge new relationships, company officials said Friday as...
Creating ‘fixers’ for a new generation of nursing home leadership
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 07, 2023
Indiana’s largest skilled nursing operator is developing a new program to advance leaders across the organization’s footprint, focusing on soft skills and people management techniques that are necessary...
Also in the News for Monday, Aug. 7
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 07, 2023
Unions pump $50M into refreshed ‘Care Can’t Wait’ campaign … Staffing agency discriminated against job seekers based on race, sex and disability: EEOC … Walking 25 minutes a day is enough to...
Feds finalize automatic appeal waiver, but threaten to cut penalty reductions
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 04, 2023
A new process waiving CMP appeals is raising questions about whether the change might ultimately cost providers more in the end.
Budget impasse delays a fix for ‘volatile’ Medicaid rebasing
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 04, 2023
More than a month after state lawmakers were supposed to finalize the state’s 2024 budget, nursing home operators in Pennsylvania were watching carefully Thursday to see how a new spending bill might...
Restructuring, Medicaid boosts pay off for Omega in Q2
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Kimberly Marselas
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 04, 2023
Stronger-than-expected cash rent payments helped bolster Omega Healthcare Investors’ performance in the second quarter, giving the real estate investment trust a healthy $250 million in revenue, $5 million...
Also in the News for Friday, Aug. 4
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 04, 2023
CMS policy on new Alzheimer’s drugs restricts rural access: former senator … Bedbugs may spread MRSA: study … CIDRAP: Sporicidal disinfectants better against Candida Auris … Nearly 30 affected...
Providers prepare for new vaccine threats as mandate officially sunsets
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 03, 2023
The end of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccine healthcare worker mandate arrives Saturday, and with it new costly concerns as well.