Ochsner's SNF leadership talks about the organization's recent award and how to meet the demands of a growing elderly population.
Ochsner's Skilled Nursing Facility leadership talks about the organization's recent award and how to meet the demands of a growing elderly population.
Monday, November 28, 2022
 

"We are going to have to use different things, whether its home health, skilled nursing facilities, all those different areas of post-acute, so that people get the best quality that's appropriate for them at that time." — Danielle Yenuganti, RN, Ochsner Health

Ochsner's SNF leadership talks about the organization's recent award and how to meet the demands of a growing elderly population. Jasmyne Ray reports.

Elsewhere, more than 21,000 unionized nurses at 21 Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California who were poised to strike are instead voting on a four-year contract with the mega-health system. Read here.
 
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William Wright, director of Ochsner's Skilled Nursing Facility, says he believes the honor also came because of the health system's reputation, a reputation that spreads across all the organization’s services, such as its skilled nursing services and staff.
 
KP, CNA-NNU Reach Tentative Contract, Strike Averted
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Reimbursement changes are among the issues.
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