1 in 3 knee surgeries in the U.S. may be ‘inappropriate’
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Aug 01, 2014
Nearly one-third of knee replacement surgeries in the U.S. may be classified as “inappropriate,” Virginia researchers found in a new study.
Hospitals: Change SNF pay
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
The government should adopt Medicare payment policies that better support hospital-based skilled nursing facilities, the American Hospital Association urged in a recent letter to a top healthcare official.
Better anti-fraud efforts are not appeasing lawmakers
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
Long-term care facilities and other Medicare providers increasingly have seen reimbursements influenced by the government’s Fraud Prevention System, an official recently told a Congressional panel.
Ask the nursing expert … about managing across generations
By
Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Aug 01, 2014
How can I navigate the many variables I’m faced with — age, gender, culture, education levels — to put a quality team together?
Survey: Nurses under dangerous stress
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
A lack of necessary authority and problems with management are contributing to nurses’ high levels of stress, according to recently released survey results.
Advancing Excellence now embraces nurses in policy
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
Nurses’ efforts to be leaders in a national effort to improve long-term care showed how they can attain greater influence over healthcare policy, according to an article recently published in Geriatric...
Ask the treatment expert … about wound healing myths
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Aug 01, 2014
Did your mom or grandmother ever tell you to leave a wound open so it could get air?
Wound case to end with a $280M deal
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 01, 2014
Kinetic Concepts Inc. will make $280 million in payments over three years to Wake Forest University Health Services in a legal settlement.
Some pressure ulcers can’t be avoided, guidance says
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 01, 2014
Some pressure ulcers are unavoidable, according to updated guidance from wound care experts.
Ask the pain expert … about evaluating pain
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Aug 01, 2014
We use the numeric pain scale in our skilled care facility, but many of our residents can’t communicate well. Is there another suggestion?