Lawmakers to CMS: Stop making new payment models mandatory
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Oct 04, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ mandatory payment models exceed the agency’s authority and pose potential risks to older beneficiaries, House lawmakers say in a letter to federal...
3-D measurement device shows promise
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2016
A new 3-D wound measurement device was highly reliable when measuring a range of wound sizes and types, according to a study published in Wounds.
Biological binding mesh helps with negative pressure healing
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2016
A bacteria- and fungi-binding mesh dressing should be a wound care layer of choice when chronic wounds are treated with negative pressure wound therapy.
Ask the Treatment Expert about … diabetic foot ulcers
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Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Oct 01, 2016
What is the role of our clinicians in treating foot ulcers associated with a diagnosis of diabetes?
CDR investing big with Drive DeVilbiss
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Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2016
As expected, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice announced in August that it would make a significant equity investment alongside existing management in Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare. Terms of the transaction, which...
The power of praise
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Gary Tetz
Oct 01, 2016
Here’s one thing baseball has taught me about long-term care—all financial problems would disappear if we priced our services like ballpark beer. But there’s another lesson to be learned.
Where are they now: Boston Home Wheelchair Enhancement Center
Oct 01, 2016
A generous donation a few years ago has made the Boston Home even more service-oriented for its residents. The gift? A 3-D printer.
Xbox console used to show how MS harms walking gait
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Amy Novotney
Oct 01, 2016
An inexpensive yet effective tool for assessing walking difficulties in patients with multiple sclerosis may already be sitting in many living rooms, being used for interactive video game activities such...
State News for October 2016
Oct 01, 2016
Louisiana’s long-term care community was not unscathed from flooding that hit in mid-August, leaving thousands homeless and wreaking the worst damage in the country since Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
Ask the Care Expert about … infections
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Sherrie Dornberger
Oct 01, 2016
It seems like we are now making a bigger deal out of infections in the long-term post-acute care settings. How many infections occur in long-term post-acute care? What is the No. 1 infection, and who ultimately...