Ask the nursing expert: How can I keep key nursing staff in the face of cutbacks?
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Apr 02, 2012
In this era of ever-increasing clinical needs and critical thinking with our medically complex patients, continuing education is desperately needed.
CMS: Results show 75% rule detractors have flawed reasoning
By
Haymarket Media
Dec 07, 2005
A new governmental report reinforces the importance of the 75% rule, a good sign for long-term care providers. The new report also discredits an earlier hospital-industry supported paper that sought to...
Bundled post acute payment plan could cost SNFs
By
John Hall
May 21, 2015
Nursing homes’ loss would be home healthcare’s gain under a controversial plan that would create site-neutral payments for post-acute care.
Ask the legal expert: What can we do about new admissions who stash their assets for Medicaid eligibility?
By
John Durso
Jul 05, 2012
Senior living facilities have little, if any, ability to influence an individual’s decision to set up an irrevocable trust or some other type of tax shelter before the individual applies for occupancy...
Minorities are entering nursing homes in record numbers, new study finds
Jul 11, 2011
Minorities have entered nursing facilities in record numbers during the past decade, while wealthier white residents have been leaving skilled nursing care, new research shows.
Group urges Congress to approve funding for nurse programs to alleviate shortage
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2004
Citing the country’s struggle with a burgeoning shortage of nurses that “threatens the very fabric of our health and long-term care system,” 11 healthcare organizations are pushing members...
New Medicare guidance guarantees that same-sex married couples can live in the same nursing home
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 30, 2013
Nursing homes may see more same-gender married couples in the near future in light of federal regulators’ first guidance in response to a recent change in the Defense of Marriage Act.
Nursing home staffing standards reduced severe deficiency citations, researchers find
By
John Hall
May 30, 2014
New research supports that improved nursing home staffing levels correlate with better quality of care. But it points to a phenomenon fewer could have predicted: diminished registered nurse hours spent...
More liberal sexual expression policies are needed for person-centered care in nursing homes, researchers...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 30, 2013
Current approaches to sexual expression do not fit into the culture change movement toward more person-centered care in nursing facilities and similar settings, according to a recently published report.
Former CMS chief: Providers could face “very tough” year ahead
By
Haymarket Media
Oct 08, 2004
The immediate past chief of the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid programs said Thursday that long-term care providers should enjoy things now because next year could be rougher when it comes to funding.