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Regulatory, state-agency and operator headlines from long-term care trade press that bear on nursing home staffing and DON hiring, each linked to its original.
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The Boston Globe
An investigation links out-of-state chain ownership to falling quality in Massachusetts, which points to more scrutiny of operators and their staffing decisions.
McKnight's Senior Living
A proposed anti-fraud bill could add compliance and reporting duties for senior living operators. Industry groups are pushing for enforcement that does not overreach.
Skilled Nursing News
New Jersey's short-staffed survey agency is missing inspection deadlines, so surveys there may be delayed, backlogged and harder to predict.
Skilled Nursing News
OIG's focus on antipsychotics, as behavioral health needs rise, means prescribing practices and documentation could hit quality measures, surveys and reimbursement.
Skilled Nursing News
Risk-based surveys change how inspectors pick which facilities to target, so preparation still matters even with underfunding and inconsistent surveyors.
Skilled Nursing News
Changes to how CMS picks and runs surveys could change the deficiency records plaintiffs' attorneys rely on, which raises the stakes of survey preparation.
Newsday
A risk-based model would ease inspections for strong performers while advocates warn problems could go unseen; your compliance history may decide your survey intensity.
Industry headlines from other publications. Each links to the original reporting on the publisher's own site.