Ellen Ahlersmeyer

Ellen is Nursing Director, Acute Care, Critical Care Nursing at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN. Her area of responsibility is Medical, Surgical, ICU, Progressive ICU Nursing Care Units at Parkview Randallia.

Ellen has 39 years of nursing experience and 21 years of leadership experience.

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Linda D. Minton

Linda is Director of Nursing at Baptist Health Floyd – New Albany, Indiana. Her area of responsibility is Women’s Services and Emergency Preparedness.

Linda has 40 years of nursing experience and 25 years of leadership experience.

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Most states fail to conduct all nursing home safety inspections

Only 54% of U.S. nursing homes have received recent safety inspections, with only four states reaching all the facilities within their borders, according to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Under the CARES Act, CMS received $80 million to support states’ ability to conduct nursing home inspections. CMS announced it may withdraw a portion of CARES Act funding from states that don’t complete all surveys by July 31 or a later agreed-upon date. “Early analysis shows that facilities with a one-star quality rating were more likely to have large numbers of COVID-19 cases than facilities with a five-star quality rating,” the agency said in a statement. CMS aims to improve the safety of nursing homes with such targeted accountability measures. (Modern Healthcare story, 6/1/20)

Dr. Marsha King

Marsha is Dean of the University of Saint Francis, Crown Point site and Associate Professor at University of Saint Francis, Crown Point site. Her area of responsibility is the entire campus for academic outcomes and operations of the site

Marsha has 40+ years of nursing experience and 21 years as a Chief Nursing Officer and 7 years as a Dean. Certified through ANCC for Nurse Executive Advanced and certified through NLN as a Nurse Educator.

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Marilyn Riley DNP-c, PhD, MSN, RN, APRN-BC, FNP, NE-BC

Marilyn is the Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Indiana University Health, Frankfort. Her area of responsibilities include daily operations of a critical access hospital, including all clinical areas and administration.

Marilyn has 33 years of nursing experience and 25 years of leadership experience.

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