Tag: nursing homes
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Kentucky AG challenges Biden’s minimum staffing rule for nursing homes
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentucky is joining 19 other states in challenging a Biden administration rule that sets minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. The nursing home industry has...
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Legislature passes bill requiring ads against nursing homes to include their correction plan and when problem was corrected
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The 2017 General Assembly has passed two bills long supported by the nursing-home industry and other health-care providers — one to...
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Senate medical-review panel bill passes out House with changes after two hours of debate; Senate says OK, sends it to Bevin
This story has been updated to reflect concurrence of the Senate on March 3. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A Senate bill that would establish review panels for lawsuits...
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Ideas for patient safety: collaboration, transparency, more nurses in hospitals and nursing homes, surgical patients’ risk awareness
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Patient safety was the topic at the 2016 HealthWatch USA conference this month in Lexington, with health advocates calling for a more collaborative and...
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Nursing homes say Ky. has highest malpractice insurance costs and needs lawsuit review panels to keep providers and facilities
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state’s nursing-home lobby is renewing its effort to get legislative insulation from lawsuits, a prospect that could improve if Republicans control the state...
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Nursing-home rating tool has added 5 new quality measures; here are tips for choosing a facility, and Kentucky’s worst-rated
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Choosing a nursing home is a daunting task and often done in the middle of a crisis, but it doesn’t have to be if...
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Health ranking of Kentucky seniors moves up, but they are still last in health outcomes, says America’s Health Rankings
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky moved up three spots, from 48th to 45th, in the fourth annual Senior America’s Health Rankings Report. But the state...
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Bill for review of medical lawsuits dies from special elections
A bill that would create panels of experts to review lawsuits against health-care providers is going nowhere, again. State Senate President Robert Stivers said Friday that he and other leaders...
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Nursing homes and other elderly caregivers will have to do national, fingerprint-based background checks on employees
Nursing homes and many other health care providers will be required to obtain national criminal background checks on new employees and others who provide direct one-on-one care to elderly residents...
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Ky. nursing homes say number of citations alleging ‘immediate jeopardy’ to residents show ‘excessive regulation’ by state
Kentucky’s nursing home industry says it is under “excessive regulation,” but The Courier-Journal reviewed more than 100 reports of state inspections of Kentucky nursing homes over the past three years...