Community members across Guthrie, OK, stopped for a moment in late August to celebrate the birthday of the state’s oldest resident on record.
Long-term care’s problems are bad and getting worse — but fixable
By
Stephen A. Moses
Oct 01, 2021
The long-term care business is hurting: labor shortages, wage pressures, vax mandates, too much Medicaid, too little private pay, value-based reimbursement, MedPAC vs. Medicare and so on and on. What should...
SMASH conference returns Oct. 18
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2021
After a year of virtual existence due to pandemic conditions, the 2021 Senior Care Sales and Marketing Summit takes place in-person Oct. 18-20 at the Green Valley Resort in Las Vegas.
Ask the nursing expert: What should we be doing to prepare for this SNF QRP measure?
By
Amy Stewart
Oct 01, 2021
CMS has finalized the SNF Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Requiring Hospitalization measure in the Fiscal Year 2022 SNF PPS Final Rule. What should we be doing to prepare for this SNF QRP measure?
Now-open portal provides path to additional Provider Relief Funds
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2021
Long-term care operators can now begin applying for a share of $25.5 billion in COVID-19 relief money after the application portal for Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund and rural payments opened on Wednesday.
Lawmakers want $4 billion nursing home compensation fund, extended statute of limitations
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2021
New York lawmakers want to establish a $4 billion compensation fund, similar to the one formed after the Sept. 11 attacks, for families of nursing home residents who died of COVID-19 during the pandemic.
Also in the News for Friday, Oct. 1
Oct 01, 2021
MA plan premiums decrease, while Part D coverage increases for 2022 … Pennsylvania lawmakers extend COVID-19 waivers that helped providers manage workforce crisis … Families call for reform at veterans...
Seniors have fewer chemotherapy side effects with supportive care program, clinical trial finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 01, 2021
Patients in the intervention group experienced a 10% reduction in moderate side effects — without significant chemotherapy modifications or dose reductions, investigators say.
Advice from a recovering pessimist
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 30, 2021
Who am I to be giving advice? I have no proficiency in PDPM, MDS, CQI, RUGs, ISNPs or any other intimidating or indecipherable acronym. No one is begging me for my thoughts on staffing or infection control....
Operators ‘reluctant to terminate’ workers as state vaccine deadline hits
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 30, 2021
The ongoing workforce shortage is pushing New York long-term care providers to be flexible with workers still hesitant about getting the COVID-19 vaccine even after the state’s healthcare worker mandate...