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The Power of Teamwork in Combating Nursing Home Neglect 

American Medical Compliance

Unfortunately, despite regulations and oversight, nursing home neglect remains a critical issue, often leading to devastating consequences such as malnutrition, infections, emotional distress, and even premature mortality. As trusted professionals, healthcare providers are on the front lines of protecting these residents from harm.

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Combatting Elder Abuse in Long-Term Care: Challenges and Opportunities of Electronic Monitoring

Bill of Health

The Nursing Reform Act of 1987 does provide a legal right for residents to be free from abuse. One place where aging adults are likely to experience elder abuse occurs in long-term care (LTC) environments; this has been described as a “public health concern” in relation to the nursing home setting.

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Our Nursing Home Industry – A National Scandal

HIT Consultant

As a Board-Certified Internist and Geriatrician with over 35 years of providing care in nursing facilities, this sentiment has guided me throughout my career. Our nursing facility industry is about to crumble. The nursing industry is being torn apart by the convergence of several major currents: 1. million to 1.35 million to 1.35

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3 Key Elements of the OIG’s Nursing Home Compliance Framework

Healthicity

Compliance professionals in the nursing home sector are well aware of the many ways government agencies survey, audit, and enforce regulatory compliance. Nursing homes have seen significant enforcement over the last few years, and the U.S.

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Netsmart Advances Substance Use Disorder Solution Offerings Through Acquisition of Netalytics

Healthcare IT Today

Netalytics’ comprehensive purpose-built solutions provide a wide array of functionality, including managing inventory, controlling dosing, and tracking regulatory compliance. The Company has customers in every state that has Opioid Treatment Programs (“OTP”) and serves smaller OTPs and large national providers.

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CMS Revises Core Appendix Q Guidance on Immediate Jeopardy

Hall Render

These revisions apply to all provider and supplier types and also include subparts that focus on specific concerns with nursing homes and clinical laboratories. By excluding culpability, CMS aligns immediate jeopardy findings more closely with regulatory definitions and simplifies the evaluation process.

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OIG Issues Highly Anticipated Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance for Nursing Facilities

Hall Render

Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued new Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance For Nursing Facilities (“Nursing Facility ICPG”) for nursing home members of the health care compliance community.

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