The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Tuesday released the first edition of a new quarterly newsletter that aims to help providers avoid Medicare billing and compliance errors.
A sense of presence
By
Julie Williamson
Oct 01, 2010
Newer monitoring systems deliver better technology and resident-oversight capabilities. This allows facilities to use staff more efficiently and effectively
Cleaning creatively: out-of-the-box bathing ideas for dementia care
By
Julie Williamson
Sep 01, 2010
Bathing and washing residents with dementia requires flexibility and some out-of-the-box thinking, experts say. Understanding their fears is paramount
No mistrial for Skilled Healthcare—$677 million penalty stands
Aug 31, 2010
A court ruling that could cost nursing home giant Skilled Healthcare $677 million will stand after a California Superior Court judge denied the company’s request for a mistrial.
Extension for Medicaid privatization scheme in Florida under CMS review
Aug 26, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently agreed to review a research and demonstration waiver for a controversial Medicaid privatization scheme in five Florida counties, but it has not granted...
Say please: States have to ask for extended Medicaid assistance funding, Sebelius says
Aug 23, 2010
If states want their share of a $16.1 billion Medicaid assistance package, they’re going to have to ask for it, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told the nation’s governors...
Ask the payment expert: explaining the changes in the new Section Q of the MDS
Editor’s Desk: Staffing lawsuits in the West are ominous signs
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2010
Those rumblings you might have felt recently from the West Coast had nothing to do with earthquakes. They’re the stuff of potential nightmares if you’re a nursing home operator.
Following racial caregiving preferences of white resident violates Civil Rights Act, court rules
Jul 26, 2010
An Indiana nursing facility’s decision to honor the request of a white resident who refused to be treated by a black certified nursing assistant violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a U.S. Circuit...
Research advances understanding of universal flu vaccine, NIH says
Jul 20, 2010
Experiments involving mice, ferrets and monkeys may provide the key to a universal flu vaccine.