The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will explore broadening some of its life safety and emergency preparedness requirements after a federal audit found widespread noncompliance with the ...

A report released by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) on September 1, 2023, details key emergency preparedness challenges reported by ...

Louisiana nursing homes’ emergency preparedness plans must be approved by the state’s Department of Health each year under a new law signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards (R), his office announced. The ...

The increasing frequency and severity of natural and technological disasters have underscored the need for robust disaster preparedness within the healthcare system. In this context, nursing education ...

New law requires nursing homes to have their emergency plans approved each year by the state. All Louisiana nursing homes are required to maintain an emergency preparedness plan approved by the ...

When powerful wind gusts created threatening wildfire conditions one day near Boulder, Colorado, the state’s largest utility cut power to 52,000 homes and businesses — including Frasier, an assisted ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - At the state capitol, some legislators want the Louisiana Department of Health to have more power as it relates to nursing homes’ readiness for hurricanes. Kim Humbles is general ...

The City of Taunton announced a coordinated outreach effort to all nursing homes and assisted living facilities after the fire at a facility in Fall River. Representatives from the fire department and ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer Health today announced that Lippincott® Ready for NCLEX®-RN will now feature AI-driven remediation with personalized, multi-modal improvement plans, ...