From the Desk of Marie Barnes, Regency Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Director of Corporate Marketing and Public Relations:
Regency Jewish Heritage Post-Acute, Rehab and Nursing Center, 380 DeMott Lane, Somerset, collaborated with Home Solutions Infusion Therapy, to present a two hour continuing education program for health care professionals. The topics were very informative, "Critical Assessments to Prevent Hospital Readmissions" and "Health Care Setting Considerations Related to Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO) and Biofilm", and were well received by the attendees. Approximately 50 social workers and registered nurses attended this complimentary program and dinner.
Our magnificent award plaques celebrating our '2016 Best In Senior Care' by the prestigious consumer healthcare resource, SeniorAdvisor.com, are on the way!
They will soon compliment the beautiful award certificates we received from SeniorAdvisor.com and will share real estate with those awards as they adorn the walls of our beautiful lobbies!
Here is a sneak preview!
My recent interview with Jim Berklan, Editor at McKnight's (arguably, the most prestigious online resource for the healthcare profession), is featured on their pages this morning!!!
Read the fantastic article and my interview by clicking on the image below or on this link.
We are so, so proud!!
From USA Today:
WASHINGTON — About 1 million out of the more than 3.7 million people who logged into HealthCare.gov during the first week of open enrollment submitted applications, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.
Nearly a half-million of those selected plans.
HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell called the first week's statistics a "solid start" but noted the government has "a lot of work to do every day between now and Feb. 15," the end of the open enrollment period. A week after the agency came under fire for misstating enrollment figures by including those who signed up for dental plans, Burwell said, "Those numbers have been checked and do not include dental."
Almost half — 48% — of those who chose plans were uninsured, Burwell said. One of the administration's goals during the three-month open enrollment period is to reduce the number of people without insurance. Another goal is encouraging those with insurance to shop around for better deals.
"The fact that a substantial number of people were able to get on HealthCare.gov and pick a plan in the first week shows that the systems are working," said Larry Levitt, senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation. "That's a big deal when you consider what a mess it all was last fall."
