Gary Kelso, CEO, Mission Health Services and Community Nursing Services
Referral platforms update tech solutions
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 18, 2019
Providers are trying to manage referrals better via technology. Cantex Continuing Care Network and Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries announced last month that, along with Netsmart, they were launching...
Esformes gets 20 years
Oct 18, 2019
FLORIDA — Long-term care businessman Philip Esformes was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of running a $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme through his network of nursing homes. ...
Ask the treatment expert: How to address the risk of pressure injury development?
By
Jeri Lundgren, RN, BSN, PHN, CWS, CWCN, CPT
Oct 17, 2019
We have a resident who prefers to sit in a wheelchair all day long. How do we address the risk of pressure injury development? According to F552, the resident has the right to be informed in advance of...
PDPM effects will be known in six weeks
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 17, 2019
It should take only about 50 days to clearly understand the ramifications of nursing homes’ new Patient-Driven Payment Model, a top provider leader said. “We’re going to know five or six weeks into...
Letting them know: The best new technology for effectively communicating with LTC staff
By
Amy Novotney
Sep 06, 2019
The average professional spends 28% of the work day reading and answering email, according to a McKinsey analysis. That amounts to 2.6 hours spent and 120 messages received per day for the average full-time...
Digital referral platforms offer options
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 06, 2019
Cantex Continuing Care Network and Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries announced last month that, along with Netsmart, they were launching the Netsmart Referral Manager. This system allows more efficiency,...
$2.8M lawsuit challenges competitor’s nonprofit status
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2019
A nursing home operator in Arkansas has taken aim at the Community Compassion Center brand, alleging in court that the competitor running those facilities is using nonprofit status to avoid accountability. ...
Ask the Legal Expert
By
John Durso
Sep 06, 2019
A nurse manager had her laptop stolen. The police found it abandoned within a day. There is no indication that they accessed or used the laptop. Do we have an obligation to notify patients whose records...
LTC tops healthcare market in early 2019
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 04, 2019
The changing face of long-term care continues to drive merger and acquisition activity for the fifth straight year, according to two new reports. Deal volume involving long-term care and assisted living...