Nurse.com

APRIL 22, 2023

Perhaps one of the most impacted was nursing homes and long-term care facilities. According to 2023 data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website, more than 1.5 during 2021. million COVID-19 cases have been recorded in those settings, along with 164,285 deaths.

Long Term Care

American Nurse

OCTOBER 2, 2023

1980s: Kennedy lesion Fast forward to the 1980s, when Karen Lou Kennedy, a nurse practitioner in a 500-bed mid-Western long-term care facility, observed that some residents rapidly developed skin breakdown, usually on their buttocks, and died within 6 weeks to months. Adv Skin Wound Care. December 17, 2021.

Long Term Care

American Nurse

JUNE 20, 2024

I applaud the Biden Administration for its new efforts to create minimal federal standards of care in these residences, most notably having one RN on staff 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with each resident getting 3.5 hours of nurse-provided care per week. Genesis Health Care, the largest nursing home company, has annual revenue of $5.8

Long Term Care

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Introduction SOUTH CAROLINA is predominately a rural state that consistently demonstrates poor health rankings, due to the lack of Medicaid expansion, healthcare deserts, and a decreasing physician supply. 2021, December). South Carolina Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee: Legislative Brief 2021. 2 March of Dimes.

APRN

Relias

JANUARY 16, 2023

With the growth of health services at home, a 2021 report from the U.S. Poorly performing nursing homes are held accountable for improper and unsafe care and must improve their services immediately, or risk losing federal funding. The public is better informed about nursing home conditions so they can find the best options for care.

Medicare

Relias

APRIL 6, 2022

New requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in November 2021 and a new time-limited enforcement effort by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced in March call for focused inspections and put a higher level of scrutiny on nursing home compliance and the quality of care provided.

Medicare

American Nurse

MARCH 13, 2024

Those who are receiving information more passively have no idea whether it’s important or harmful,” said Michael Barnett, a primary care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an associate professor at Harvard, who led the JAMA Network study. About That $1,390 List Price Pfizer sold the U.S. government 23.7

Medicare

American Nurse

JULY 29, 2024

Just setting a number doesn’t mean anything if you’re not going to enforce it,” said Mark Miller, former president of the national organization of long-term care ombudsmen, advocates in each state who help residents resolve problems in their nursing homes. What’s the point?” She left her job at a nursing home that paid $18.50

Medicaid

Scrubs

JULY 16, 2024

Just setting a number doesn’t mean anything if you’re not going to enforce it,” said Mark Miller, former president of the national organization of long-term care ombudsmen, advocates in each state who help residents resolve problems in their nursing homes. What’s the point?” She left her job at a nursing home that paid $18.50

Medicaid