November 2022

Skilled nursing providers in late October began grappling with major changes to rules governing their everyday operations, with new surveyor guidance that went live Oct. 24.

Promoting a return to normalcy where pandemic conditions allow, a top Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official said that nursing homes will not return to stringent isolation policies used during...

Q: What is the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Payment Total Nurse Staffing Measure?

Q: How can we care plan for resident trauma?

A new survey shows many prospective nurses feel academically unprepared to pursue a career in nursing.

Q: What kind of restrictions do we have regarding arbitration agreements as part of the admissions process?

After a two-year stretch in which nursing homes’ largest employee group made salary gains approaching 20%, relief for cash-strapped providers may be in sight, even if far on the horizon.

Q: Why should diabetic wounds be taken more seriously than non-diabetic wounds?

Black patients with a diabetic foot ulcer are more likely to have a lower limb amputated earlier than non-Hispanic White counterparts, a new study finds.

When it comes to communicating electronically with external clinical partners, most nursing homes are not yet up to speed, according to a survey by investigators at the Columbia School of Nursing.