The SNF Final PPS rule for fiscal 2016 talks about SNF Value Based Purchasing. Can you explain it?
NADONA offers hot conference for education
By
Liza Berger
Jul 14, 2009
As usual, there was plenty to learn at this week’s annual conference of the National Association Directors of Nursing Administration/Long Term Care (NADONA). The scorching mid-July Phoenix heat did not...
September Company Briefs
Sep 06, 2019
»CareWorx Fully Managed announced a partnership with Cliniconex, which offers a family engagement solution designed to return time to care through workflow automation. The goal is to make the Ottawa-based...
Vendor News Briefs: November 2018
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 02, 2018
»Signature HealthCARE has selected HealthcareSource for its talent management platform, the company announced. Louisville, KY-based Signature has 115 locations in 10 states. »WellSky, a health technology...
The BIG Picture: compartmentalization of ideas is no way to expand a world view
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2009
The marketplace of ideas remains a worthy goal, but there doesn’t appear to be too many shoppers.
Aviv finally finds success with $279M initial public offering
By
McKnight's Staff
May 01, 2013
Aviv REIT Inc. netted nearly $279 million in an initial public offering of common stock. The Chicago-based company first tried to go public in 2008 but was stopped by the economic crisis, and a 2009 attempt...
Oxycodone dose 20 times too strong kills nursing home resident
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2018
A Minnesota nurse accidentally gave a resident a dose of oxycodone 20 times too strong, killing him within a few hours last year, according to a state investigation.
Ask the Payment Expert about … community structure
By
Patricia Boyer
Aug 09, 2017
I’m concerned with the new megarule expenses and that maybe I need to rethink my need for skilled nursing beds. What are your thoughts?
mRNA-1273 has high vaccine effectiveness after five months
Dec 03, 2021
Vaccine effectiveness 87.4 percent against COVID-19 infection, and 95.8 and 97.9 percent against COVID-19 hospitalization, hospital death
CMS leaning on providers to form new PDPM pay rates
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 16, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is relying on data metrics regarding trends or changes in provider behavior, payments and beneficiary care quality as it considers potential adjustments to...