Obama alludes to Social Security, Medicare reductions
Jan 08, 2009
A projected $1.2 trillion budget deficit looming on the horizon, President-elect Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that the administration may reduce spending for Social Security, Medicare and other entitlement...
Nursing home’s own contract language trips up effort to enforce unsigned arbitration agreement, judge...
By
Marty Stempniak
Oct 08, 2018
A Kentucky judge is siding with one resident’s family in a dispute over whether an unsigned arbitration agreement is valid.
NQF’s measures target pressure ulcers
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2013
The National Quality Forum (NQF) Board of Directors recently endorsed 12 patient safety measures with a focus on complications. The measures address pressure ulcers, falls, healthcare-associated infections...
CMS to freeze providers’ Five-Star ratings; agency announces more info heading to Nursing Home...
Mar 24, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is gearing up to make changes to its Nursing Home Compare website over the next few months, the agency has noted.
Partnership’s mission is to help seniors get plugged in
By
John Andrews
Jun 01, 2013
Social media, email and other forms of communication technology offer senior citizens a virtual world of information, entertainment and correspondence with friends and family. Yet these can be strange,...
The time is here: Submit your entry to McKnight’s Tech Awards by tomorrow
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Jul 27, 2017
Long-term care providers have until 11:59 p.m. tomorrow to enter the McKnight’s Technology Awards. Don’t miss a chance to earn recognition for caregiving efforts aided by some form of technology.
IRS defers employer health plan reporting requirement for 2011
Oct 14, 2010
Reporting the cost of employer-sponsored healthcare plans on the W-2 form will be optional in 2011, the Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday.
A post-acute common pay system possible, CMS says
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2012
Federal researchers believe a common evaluation and payment model for three types of post-acute care could be up and running in the not-so-distant future. The key might be patient acuity measures that...
IT ‘roadmap’ points to care coordination, HIT adoption
Jun 20, 2012
Forging partnerships and adopting health information technology are critical to the survival of long-term care providers, new guidelines recommend. Released this week at the Long-Term and Post-Acute Care...
CMS could improve oversight of Special Focus Facilities, GAO report finds
Apr 21, 2010
A new report from the Government Accountability Office highlights ways in which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services could do a better job of overseeing underperforming nursing homes, also known...