New durable medical equipment bidding process ill suited to long-term care, Congress told
Mar 03, 2011
Structural flaws in the newly implemented durable medical equipment competitive bidding process have caused significant service interruptions and supply problems for residents in long-term care facilities,...
Vermont ACO tests 1-night hospital-stay waiver
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 22, 2018
A Vermont accountable care organization is trying out a new approach to better coordinating care between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.
Lawmakers reintroduce bill to ensure observation stays count toward SNF coverage
By
Mar 10, 2017
A bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced a bill on Wednesday that would require days spent by hospital patients in observation status count toward the three-day inpatient requirement for skilled nursing...
How to do it… Raise other infection control up to snuff
By
John Hall
Feb 01, 2022
As year three of the pandemic approaches and COVID-19 remains a stubborn obstacle, it’s clear other infection control priorities haven’t received the attention they deserve.
NASL praises bipartisan effort to delay Medicare competitive bidding program
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 14, 2013
The National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care has registered strong support for lawmakers who say the government should put the brakes on a Medicare competitive bidding program for durable...
Incontinence care generates cost, assessment concerns
By
John Hall
Mar 02, 2020
Providers need to stay focused on maintaining residents’ dignity and preventing skin complications.
Unintended consequences of the pandemic: Skin woes
By
John Hall
Jul 01, 2020
PPE creates pressure injuries for caregivers, while handwashing may pose clinical risks for residents.
Feds want to remove pain questions from hospital report cards to combat opioid abuse
By
Jul 08, 2016
Clinicians may feel less pressure to prescribe opioids to hospital patients under a proposal made Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Bipartisan lawmakers revive observation stay legislation pushed by nursing homes
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 14, 2019
Industry advocates are praising proposed legislation that says patients under “observation status” at a hospital would be eligible to satisfy Medicare’s three-day requirement necessary for skilled...
State News for January 2016
Jan 04, 2016
MINNESOTA — Nearly 600 nursing assistants will be required to retake a certification test due to “suspicious” patterns in the results.