Ask the Legal Expert about … participating in an ACO
By
John Durso
Feb 05, 2017
What are your top tips for participating in an accountable care organization or other multi-provider arrangement?
Delirium often undiagnosed
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Feb 05, 2017
Delirium among skilled nursing residents needs to be treated more seriously than it currently is by providers, according to authors of a recent research review.
CMS fights for arbitration ban
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 05, 2017
Federal officials struck back at providers in January, filing notice that they were challenging efforts to stop a ban of pre-dispute nursing home arbitration agreements.
Groups urge Trump to save some of ACA
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Feb 05, 2017
LeadingAge, along with 71 other nonprofit aging organizations, sent a letter in mid-January urging then-President-elect Donald Trump to preserve some nursing-home related provisions of the Affordable Care...
Survey advice at Online Expo
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 05, 2017
Providers can make good use of some new strategies and tips to be prepared for surveyors around the clock, says Paula Sanders, principal and co-chairwoman of the Health Care Practice Group at law firm...
An overtime quandary
By
John O'Connor
Feb 05, 2017
Mick Jones allegedly wrote “Should I stay or should I go” in 1981 while contemplating whether to leave The Clash. The context may be different this time, but many long-term care operators can...
Sleep deprivation doesn’t discriminate
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2017
Investigators at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and their Canadian partners reported that cognitive impairment is the same among men and women who work shifts, despite...
Web program helps relieve nurse stress, researchers say
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2017
An online support program helped nurses manage workplace challenges and reduce stress in a randomized study.
Ask the Nursing Expert about … conducting round
By
Kathy Owens, RN, MSN, DNS-CT, RAC-CT
Feb 05, 2017
I struggle with staying in touch with what is happening at the bedside. Any suggestions?
Provider to pay $300k in vaccine dispute
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Feb 05, 2017
A Pennsylvania-based healthcare provider has agreed to hand over $300,000 to settle allegations that it fired employees who requested religious exemptions from the organization’s vaccination policy.