MINNESOTA — Nursing home providers, take note: A Minnesota senior living facility was not in violation of a state health records law after a nurse’s aide posted a photo of a resident on social media,...
Having My Say | When it feels like content is king, bring in the ‘X’
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2022
Given the chance to question a Washington correspondent for a major broadcast news organization recently, long-term care leaders didn’t drill down on budget reconciliations, Medicare coverage or healthcare...
Long-term care data is often unable to share, survey finds
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 05, 2018
Interoperability is improving in healthcare, but many providers are still struggling to connect with skilled nursing facilities, according to a survey released in late October.
Ask the nursing expert: Should I complete an Interim Payment Assessment if a Medicare Part A resident...
By
Amy Stewart
Mar 01, 2021
Should I complete an Interim Payment Assessment (IPA) if a Medicare Part A resident becomes COVID-positive during a skilled therapy stay?
Transport rates for portable X-rays in peril for 11 states
By
Liza Berger
Feb 02, 2020
Nursing home providers in 11 states and Washington, D.C., may have to send more residents to the hospital to undergo X-rays, if a change from a Medicare Administrative Contractor goes into effect this...
New benchmarking system focuses on easy data search
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 23, 2018
Skilled nursing providers, for example, can use OnlyBoth to look at specific hospitals and other referral partners. They also can look at competitor nursing homes and compare across multiple facilities,...
COVID-19 testing halted
Jun 01, 2020
Massachusetts — State officials temporarily paused a program that provided coronavirus testing kits to long-term care providers in an effort to improve quality control problems, a state official said...
Admin pay hits $111,000-plus
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 04, 2019
Nursing home administrators and other top executives saw larger than average salary increases over the past year, indicating a possible effort by operators to keep hard-to-find talent in-house.
Overall number of clinicians in nursing homes nearly doubles
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 01, 2022
Nursing home operators have not only admitted an increasingly frail number of patients, they’ve also hired a correspondingly larger pool of clinicians to treat them, according to a decade-long research...
Price-gouging accusations lead to action: LTC operators seek agency staffing fixes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 01, 2021
After watching pay for temporary workers explode over the last year-plus, providers have been calling out anti-competitive behavior and pushing for fast state and federal pricing reforms.