Data Metrics CMS continues to rely on nursing home’s self-reported and unreliable data for adjustments to the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM). PDPM went into effect Oct. 1, 2019. It was the biggest change to the nursing home reimbursement system in 20 years. Colleen Muncy is with data analytics firm StarPro. She told McKnight’s Long-Term
Unsafe Staffing The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that nursing homes across Georgia and South Carolina are suffering widespread staffing shortages. Nursing homes often had unsafe staffing before the pandemic but the situation worsened as working conditions prompted workers to leave the industry. Katie Smith Sloan is CEO of LeadingAge, a national organization that represents 5,000 nonprofit
The vast majority of people agree that healthcare workers should protect patients by requiring vaccinations. The COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers survived its first legal challenge. A federal judge rejected Florida’s demand for a temporary restraining order. The rule requires healthcare workers a first shot by Dec. 6 and a second by Jan. 5
For 20 years, experts recommended 4.1 hours per day of direct care per patient in nursing homes. It is the benchmark for quality care and better outcomes. Elder law advocates and experts support the Pennsylvania proposal to increase nursing homes’ minimum level of direct care to 4.1 hours daily per patient. Currently, the minimum is
Unsafe Staffing More than 186,000 residents and staff have died from COVID-19 in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care settings. The figure accounts for about one-quarter of the U.S.’s entire COVID-19 death toll. More than 2,000 resident deaths died from COVID-19 for a second month in a row. Unsafe staffing levels in
WWLTV reported the sad and horrific molestation of a vulnerable adult by a nursing home caregiver. The Bogalusa Police Department arrested Angela Dawn Holloway Austin on charges of sexual abuse of an animal and molestation of a person with a physical or mental disability. She works in a Louisiana nursing home. She was arrested after
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