Hanys

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Nursing home staffing facility-specific reports Sept. 9 Antimicrobial use in nursing homes Sept. 10 CIC Exam Preparation Study Group Sept. 19 44th Annual Trustee Conference Sept. 12-14 Standing membership call on state and federal issues Sept. 17 Preparing for new inpatient quality reporting requirements Sept.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JULY 5, 2023

On June 30, 2023, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) issued a notice to nursing home operators and administrators announcing that it will begin conducting assessments on July 10, 2023 of nursing homes’ compliance with the State’s minimum staffing requirements.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services found that most skilled nursing facilities (“nursing homes”) in Georgia that it surveyed are not correctly complying with life safety requirements or emergency preparedness requirements. The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S.

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Hanys

JUNE 21, 2024

Standing membership call on state and federal issues June 25 A new era of treatment: Lessons in anti-amyloid care pathways June 27 How to do a thorough Nursing Home Facility Assessment July 9 Government relations update series July 12

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Hanys

JUNE 28, 2024

How to do a thorough Nursing Home Facility Assessment July 9 Government relations update series July 12 Best practices in action: Comprehensive dementia care July 18 Fiscal policy update call July 18 Navigating non-emergency medical transport July 23 Standing membership call on state and federal issues July 23 The fundamentals of healthcare strategic (..)

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 4, 2022

On September 23, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued revised COVID-19 nursing home visitation guidance. Nursing homes should use the community transmission level metric, not the community level metric. parties, events) facilities should encourage physical distancing.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 13, 2022

A jury found a North Dakota certified nursing aide (CNA) guilty of Aggravated Assault causing permanent impairment and Reckless Endangerment. The evidence at the trial showed that the CNA performed an improper, one-person lift of a nursing home resident which resulted in severe and painful injuries to the resident.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

A Maine nursing home with a history of federal fines was listed as a special focus facility (SFF) after two residents wandered off in separate incidents last year. They were one mile from the nursing home, so police took her to the facility. In the second case, the resident was hit and killed by a motor vehicle.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

An Iowa nursing home was cited for placing its residents in immediate jeopardy after a resident became wedged between a bed and a grab bar and suffocated. Specifically, the facility failed to immediately report the event that resulted in the death of the resident. The facility submitted the incident report to the SSA 16.5

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 22, 2022

A civil lawsuit was filed against a Texas nursing home and the healthcare company which owns it after a resident died two weeks after being found covered with ants. One of the family members spoke to a nurse who said she’d been taking ants off the resident and was getting bitten while doing it.

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Med-Net Compliance

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA) reported that an Iowa nursing home would be fined $20,000 after a resident was inappropriately discharged and left outside for 11 hours overnight. An investigation completed July 13 found that the events leading to the complaint included six state and three federal code violations.

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CMS.gov

APRIL 15, 2019

Ensuring Safety and Quality in America’s Nursing Homes. Nursing facilities. This duty is especially important when it comes to the care provided for some of the most vulnerable in our society, Americans residing in nursing homes. CMS’ approach to oversight of nursing homes is constantly evolving.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS In a recent pilot, Apollo's connected care programme showed its capability not to miss any critical event and ensure patient safety in every step of the care journey. "Every hospital and nursing home is an opportunity for the healthcare ecosystem to reach more patients and save more lives.

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Hall Render

JULY 5, 2023

When a patient is discharged from acute care, it is important that the acute care provider deliver accurate and appropriate patient information related to a patient’s treatment and condition in order to decrease the risk of readmission or an adverse event at the skilled nursing providers and home health agencies.

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Healthicity

JUNE 12, 2023

May 2023 OIG Work Plan updates include opioid use in Medicare Part D, patient harm events, and facility-initiated discharges for nursing home patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2020

"The FCC COVID-19 Telehealth Program will enable Parker to reduce patient face-to-face encounters in the nursing home and the possible impact of COVID-19, reduce PPE, and minimize staff burden." " Lorraine Breuer, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation. ” MARKETPLACE.

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Health Care Performance

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

NAB CEUs It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. In this webinar, we will discuss the status of compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes; review other reasons to comply (DOJ, OIG, OCR, etc.); CCB CEUs 1.5

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Health Care Performance

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

NAB CEUs It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. In this webinar, we will discuss the status of compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes; review other reasons to comply (DOJ, OIG, OCR, etc.); CCB CEUs 1.5

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Health Care Performance

APRIL 5, 2022

May 11, 2022: Affordable Care Act Compliance Programs for Nursing Homes. It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. The Compliance Certification Board (CCB)® has approved this event for up to 1.2 live CCB CEUs based on a 50-minute hour.

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Health Care Performance

MARCH 29, 2022

May 11, 2022: Affordable Care Act Compliance Programs for Nursing Homes. It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. The Compliance Certification Board (CCB)® has approved this event for up to 1.2 live CCB CEUs based on a 50-minute hour.

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Health Care Performance

MARCH 16, 2022

May 11, 2022: Affordable Care Act Compliance Programs for Nursing Homes. It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. The Compliance Certification Board (CCB)® has approved this event for up to 1.2 live CCB CEUs based on a 50-minute hour.

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Hanys

JANUARY 27, 2023

Hear our analysis of how significant budget provisions would impact hospitals, nursing homes and health systems across the state at our virtual regional briefings, hosted by HANYS and our allied association partners. Find your region's briefing date and register on our events page.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2021

What the team found out, Hasselberg says, was two-fold: New York's rural primary care doctors are voicing the need to get mental healthcare services into the state's nursing homes, and those doctors wanted the ability to present tele-cases across the board, not just for older patients. HIMSS21 Coverage. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Health Care Performance

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. In this webinar, we will discuss the status of compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes; review other reasons to comply (DOJ, OIG, OCR, etc.); SNF Compliance Update. April 19, 2023. 90 minutes.

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Health Care Performance

JANUARY 11, 2023

It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. In this webinar, we will discuss the status of compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes; review other reasons to comply (DOJ, OIG, OCR, etc.); SNF Compliance Update. April 19, 2023. 90 minutes.

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Health Care Performance

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

May 11, 2022: Affordable Care Act Compliance Programs for Nursing Homes. It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. The Compliance Certification Board (CCB)® has approved this event for up to 1.2 live CCB CEUs based on a 50-minute hour.

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Health Care Performance

JANUARY 27, 2022

May 11, 2022: Affordable Care Act Compliance Programs for Nursing Homes. It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. The Compliance Certification Board (CCB)® has approved this event for up to 1.2 live CCB CEUs based on a 50-minute hour.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Both of these scenarios place nursing home residents’ health and safety at risk. Issue: Sections 1819(f)(8) and 1919(f)(10) of the Social Security Act require CMS to conduct a Special Focus Facility (SFF) program which focuses on nursing homes that have a persistent record of noncompliance leading to poor quality of care.

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MedTrainer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Medical errors can occur at any stage of the healthcare process, from diagnosis to treatment to follow-up care, and in any healthcare setting, including hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and even at home. Vascular events, infections and cancers, dubbed the Big Three, account for 75% of the serious harms.

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MedTrainer

MARCH 30, 2024

In 2022, severe injuries from inpatient falls accounted for a significant portion of all sentinel events reported, highlighting the importance of these reports in ensuring patient safety.

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Compliance Regulatory Compliance Nursing Homes Nurses 52

Med-Net Compliance

JULY 21, 2022

The local police department reported that a woman at the nursing home was connected to an oxygen tank and tried to smoke a cigarette, causing a burst of flames that badly burned her. Staff members used blankets and fire extinguishers to put out the flames. The woman was transferred to a hospital with burns to her torso.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2023

Avel eCare, the nation’s leading provider of clinician-to-clinician telemedicine services, today announced the acquisition of NightWatch , a West Virginia-based company that provides remote pharmacy services to hospitals, clinics and nursing homes throughout the Midwest and mid-Atlantic region. About Avel eCare.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2023

The deal only appears to involve the trade show – next slated for March 11-15, 2024 in Orlando – and makes no mention of smaller HIMSS events (in-person or online) or the Healthcare IT News or MobiHealthNews publications that HIMSS Media owns. Fierce Healthcare confirmed the news as initially reported by Trade Show Executive.

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Nursing Homes Patient Satisfaction Medical Billing FDA 98

Exeed Regulatory Compliance

MARCH 22, 2020

FDA has just revised its relatively less known 2012 guidance entitled “Post-market Adverse Event Reporting for Medical Products and Dietary Supplements During an Influenza Pandemic” to clarify that the guidance is applicable to any pandemic, not just an influenza pandemic.

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MedTrainer

MARCH 19, 2024

Medical errors can occur in any healthcare setting, including hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes. Severity Clarity: Legacy incident reports often fail to properly denote the severity of an event. These can include diagnosis, treatment, medication, surgery, and communication errors.

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Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

It must also include strategies for addressing emergency events identified by the risk assessment as well as address the patient population, including, but not limited to, persons at-risk.” §482.15(a) On the labor front, hospitals did not need any reminders of the growing workplace violence risk.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Fitch Ratings expects the recently proposed federal nursing home staffing standards to increase costs for SNFs, but the agency believes health care REITs with SNF assets can manage these impacts well. This event is for in-house real estate, finance and legal professionals employed by health providers.

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