Legislation aimed at improving oversight at long-term care facilities and memory care units on Monday passed the state Senate and has moved on to the Ways and Means Committee in Oregon. The bill was introduced after reports of serious neglect, including residents wandering unsupervised, unsanitary conditions and fatalities. If signed into law, immediate investigations within […]
Oregon Health Care Association
The Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) has gobbled up most of the recent headlines in the skilled nursing industry regarding new regulations, but there’s another set of rules that providers shouldn’t forget about. The industry remains in the thick of the new Requirements of Participation, which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will finish […]
Long-term care is getting a facelift in the Beaver State. Specifically, the Oregon state legislature recently passed House Bill 3359 (HB 3359), which is meant to improve the quality and safety of long-term care settings statewide. The bill, for instance, mandates that all administrators of residential care facilities, including assisted living and memory care communities, receive […]
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