Scary ‘state’: Two-thirds of nursing home operators fear closure without staffing relief
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 06, 2024
The long-term care sector is still struggling to rebuild to pre-pandemic staffing levels while also bracing for negative effects of new federal regulations, according to the “State of the Sector” report...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Feb. 28
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 28, 2022
McKnight’s welcomes 19 into Women of Distinction Hall of Honor … Extended survey delays threaten providers … CDC releases clinician education on updated COVID-19 vaccine guidance for post-mAB therapy...
2022 Outlook: Time for providers to write their own story
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 17, 2021
If you’re a provider leader and you’ve ever wished you could have influenced a news story, this is for you. If you simply want to make sure good info gets to the rest of the profession, this is for...
Make it a clean sweep
By
John Hall
Aug 06, 2016
Laundry and housekeeping staff are key to survey success; they buff a provider’s record or can be the source of embarrassing, costly survey findings
Ask the Care Expert about … different types of surveys
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jul 04, 2016
It seems like we are always in a “survey window,” waiting for the inspectors to arrive.
Providers fear harsher surveys as CMS seeks to improve surveyor oversight
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 20, 2019
Providers fear they could be subject to harsher surveys following the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services pledge to make revisions to the system used to monitor the performance of state survey agencies.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Aug. 4
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Aug 04, 2022
Data submission for AHRQ SOPS nursing home survey now open … Alzheimer’s Association wants clinicians to share outcomes data on patients receiving new Alzheimer’s drugs and therapies … One in 7...
CMS: Only fully vaccinated surveyors should be part of onsite survey teams
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 26, 2022
Surveyors who are not fully vaccinated and don’t have a COVID-19 vaccine exemption should not participate as part of the onsite survey team when inspecting certified providers, according to the Centers...
60 Seconds with…
Aug 01, 2008
John Schnelle, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Vanderbilt University
Ask the Payment Expert about … how the survey process has changed