Chain-tied entrants are not disrupting local competition
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Jun 05, 2017
The number of nursing homes affiliated with a chain provider has increased in recent years, with independent facilities becoming less common. But chains’ growth typically poses little threat to local...
Improving nurses’ ability to cope with workplace mistreatment crucial to retention, study says
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Oct 20, 2016
Providing nursing staff with tools to handle workplace stress and mistreatment from colleagues is important in retaining staff and maintaining quality, a new study shows.
Ask the Payment Expert about… bundled payments
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Patricia Boyer
Oct 05, 2015
Is it true that hospitals may be able to send patients to us following joint replacement surgery without a three-day hospital stay?
Ask the payment expert … about MDS
Mar 04, 2015
The state may be using the MDS data and RUG levels to determine the “expected staffing” that compares the staffing levels to the RUGs levels.
Bad news, good ideas
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William C. Fisher
Oct 01, 2013
There is bad news about nonprofit investment returns. Organizations made changes to their asset allocation policies in 2012 that reduced returns. It is thought such changes were a reaction to market trends...
States ultimately will opt into Medicaid expansion: CMS official
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 31, 2012
All states will eventually participate in the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion once governors weigh its costs against its benefits, a top Medicaid official predicted Monday.
Ask the payment expert: will state Medicaid payments change with the switch to Medicare RUGs IV?
SNF occupancy growing — and so is level of patient needs
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Danielle Brown
Jun 06, 2022
Occupancy at skilled nursing facilities has continued its steady increase, and at the same time operators are seeing increased care needs from residents, new data from the National Investment Center for...
94% of beneficiaries satisfied with Medicare Advantage plans
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Danielle Brown
Nov 18, 2019
A large majority of seniors in Medicare Advantage plans are “very satisfied” with the coverage, according to a new survey released Monday. This stands in stark contrast to many providers, who complain...
This stinks: New study discovers ‘phantom odor’ phenomenon in older adults
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Marty Stempniak
Aug 16, 2018
About 1 in every 15 adults over the age of 40 smells “phantom odors” that aren’t really there, according to a new study. The implications for seniors’ caregivers can be significant.