Ask the nursing expert: How can I minimize phone calls?
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Anne Marie Barnett
Feb 01, 2011
Anne Marie Barnett, RN President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
SNF will pay $28 million to settle fraud, neglect lawsuits
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Jun 24, 2016
A New York skilled nursing facility has agreed to pay $28 million and implement reforms to settle a lawsuit alleging fraud, neglect and criminal conduct from the facility’s owners and staff.
The hospitality suite: Nursing homes adopt luxurious looks for short-stay patients
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John Andrews
Jan 01, 2010
Luxury has become a defining characteristic of short-term stay units. Patients are looking for everything from flat screen TVs to recliners and sleepers
Minimal SNF construction forecasted through 2016, report says
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Apr 15, 2016
Fewer new skilled nursing developments will crop up over the coming year, and those that do will focus on short-stay, post-acute rehabilitation services, according to a new report from real estate consulting...
Pressure ulcers have been on the decline, agency reports
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Brett Bakshis
Apr 01, 2011
Providers caring for both long- and short-stay nursing home residents saw improvements in rates of pressure sores over most of the last decade, according to a recent report from the Agency for Healthcare...
Unified post-acute payment system nearly complete, MedPAC says
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Mar 07, 2016
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is nearing completion of its prototype for a unified, site-neutral post-acute payment, the group said during a meeting on Thursday.
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Mar 08, 2017
Shorter hospital stays bump up readmission risk … Georgia high court rules in favor of SNF in arbitration dispute … Mounting Alzheimer’s costs could bankrupt Medicare, report claims
The real labor problem
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John O'Connor
May 01, 2013
Long-term care operators are understandably giddy about the sudden prospect of immigration reform. Such a change holds the promise of a larger labor pool at a time of rampant worker shortages. Add in the...
RAC groups battle provider plea for short-stay payment relief
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John Hall
Feb 19, 2015
Third-party firms that audit Medicare bills for payment issues are pushing back hard against a hospital association plea for more favorable short-stay reimbursements, adding to the ongoing unwelcome specter...
Providers urged to work together in flu vaccine shortage
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Haymarket Media
Oct 18, 2004
Late last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention encouraged hospitals, nursing homes and other providers to work together and with their local health department in an effort to redistribute...