Form 300A summary of injuries and illnesses due to OSHA Feb. 1
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 24, 2023
It’s that time of year for employers who are required by Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s recordkeeping standards to file Form 300A summarizing injuries and illnesses.
2022 McKnight’s Tech Award winners revealed
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 05, 2022
Winners in the 2022 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards were announced yesterday afternoon in a virtual presentation that was the culmination of a McKnight’s Tech Awards + Summit that also included...
Proposed overtime rule is ‘bad policy’ that senior living providers cannot absorb, groups say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 09, 2023
A new overtime rule proposed by the federal government would worsen workforce issues for senior living providers and create unintended consequences for workers and residents, according to industry advocacy...
M and A activity is hot, with private equity, large home care firms driving deals, finance leaders say
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Diane Eastabrook
Aug 05, 2021
Demographics, a global pandemic and potential changes in tax laws are the tailwinds driving strong merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in home care and hospice for the foreseeable future. That was the...
Proposed legislation would restore worker tax cuts, support unionization efforts
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 13, 2023
Democrat senators introduced two bills Thursday that they claim will make the tax code fairer for workers. The bills aim to ease workers’ tax burden and crack down on corporate anti-union practices
CMS-proposed HCBS rules elicit request for extension of comment period from 5 associations
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Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2023
The executive directors of five national organizations are asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend by at least 30 days the comment periods for two proposed rules related to access...
Virtual reality helps nursing students train with ‘enthusiasm,’ as studies highlight its popularity
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Aaron Dorman
Aug 23, 2023
The use of VR for training nurses has been “extensively implemented” over the past 15 years, a new bibliometric study affirms.
Locking the box
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2015
The HIPAA landscape is evolving for providers as cloud storage, mobile devices and large-scale cyber attacks present new challenges to security and privacy efforts.
Healthpeak reduces carbon footprint by 4 percent
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 22, 2023
Denver-based real estate investment trust Healthpeak Properties reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 4% in 2022, for an overall decrease of 43% over the past 12 years, on a like-for-like basis. That’s...
Proposed law could jeopardize long-term care facility sales, associations say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2022
Legislators contend that a bill passed out of the New Jersey’s Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on Thursday could preserve healthcare workers’ wages and benefits upon the...