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AAPACN annual conference set for April 22-25 in Louisville

Registration is open for the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN) annual conference, which takes place April 22-25.

Pros: Classify post-surgical wound sites

Experts from across surgery and healthcare disciplines began working in December on a new classification system for evaluating and reporting surgical site wounds. The idea is to help providers capture the scope and incidence of postoperative complications to help improve prevention efforts.

CMS slashes its wound care product list for VLUs, DFUs

Skin substitute grafts made from cellular and tissue-based products have helped to revolutionize chronic wound care, but federal regulators are greatly reducing coverage for Medicare beneficiaries.

Ask the wound care expert about … pressure injury lawsuits

Q: What can be done to prevent pressure injury lawsuits? 

After growing by 20 percent last year, Ensign promises to continue the momentum

The Ensign Group, which last year added 57 new operations, expects to maintain that pace throughout 2025 with what its CEO calls “remarkable momentum in each market.”

State has failed to fund nursing home pay for performance program since inception 15 years ago

The issue of a 15-year-old program created to combat a state’s massive nursing home worker turnover rates flared again this week. Providers are still wondering if funding for it — if the money ever starts to flow, that is — would change their dire situation.

Also in the News for Friday, Feb. 7

Strict adherence to glove wearing credited with preventing mpox outbreak in nursing home … Deferred resignation offer could create more shortages in the Veterans Affairs nursing ranks … AHA asks Trump to Exempt medical, pharma products from tariffs … Surveys show mixed attitudes among nursing home clinicians who prescribe gabapentinoids

Top 10 eye procedures among Medicare users fell by nearly 18% during pandemic, data shows

The number of common ophthalmic procedures among Medicare beneficiaries overall declined by 17.9% during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published Thursday in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Number of family caregivers helping older adults with dementia surged over 11-year span: study

The number of family caregivers supporting older adults living in home and residential-care settings with dementia increased by 32% from 2011 to 2022, a new study shows. Specifically, the number of caregivers expanded from 18.2 million in 2011 to 24.1 million in 2022, the authors noted.

US cardiovascular hospitalizations outweigh those in Denmark, study finds 

A new study finds that cardiovascular hospitalization rates are significantly higher in the United States compared to Denmark — another high-income country but with a distinctly different healthcare system.

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