‘It’s here, baby!’: New RAI manual drops for PDPM training
By
James M. Berklan
May 22, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has officially posted a draft version of the new RAI training guidance that will help transitioning to the Patient-Drive Payment Model.
Watchdog puts Medicaid on the spot to improve transparency
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2019
Medicaid demonstration projects that could affect skilled nursing operators often lack transparency, government investigators charge.
Today’s mobile LTC resident can add layers of complication to bathing safety
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2019
Given an increasingly ambulatory population, the presence of water and the kind of warm and moist environment that invites bacteria to breed, risk is inherent in skilled nursing bathing areas.
Common areas earning special second looks as the heart of senior living spaces
By
John Hall
May 01, 2019
Common spaces in long-term care communities have received renewed interest in recent years, being viewed in some design circles as the “heart,” or core, of senior communities. This holds true even...
Editor’s Desk: Pondering what PDPM should really stand for
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2019
If you’ve toiled around the skilled nursing field over the last year, you might have noticed there’s this PDPM thing that seems to be grabbing a lot of attention.
How to do it … Off-season prep for loans
By
John Hall
May 01, 2019
Not in the current market for a loan? So what! Owner-operators should be in a constant state of readiness to borrow money — whether it’s needed for short-term cash or long-term capital projects.
Therapists’ value extolled
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2019
Controversy emerged when a panelist representing therapists asserted to a crowd of about 1,300 at the joint AANAC/AADNS meeting that “your therapist is the most highly educated person in the building”...
Ask the Care Expert: How will PDPM impact care?
By
Sherrie Dornberger
May 01, 2019
Nursing care documentation has been influential but hasn’t driven payment to the degree it will October 1.
Some Medicare payment models will be mandatory, CMS says
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 29, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wants to create more mandatory alternative payment models in the Medicare program to speed up the transition to value-based care. Providers are saying “not...
Implications for therapy, tech emerge as praise continues for 2.5% CMS pay raise
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 23, 2019
Long-term care stakeholders continued to bask in the government’s announced $879 million market basket update for nursing homes in fiscal 2020 on Monday.