CMS targets falls, pressure ulcers, other skilled care challenges
By
John O'Connor
Nov 28, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is pursuing better outcomes in a list of 97 reporting requirement adjustments that could help improve Medicare’s quality and value-based purchasing programs.
Medicaid fraud audits poor investment: GAO
By
John O'Connor
Jul 06, 2012
Lawmakers blasted a Medicaid anti-fraud program that has cost taxpayers more than five times as much as it recovered.
GE’s healthcare financing up 20%
By
John O'Connor
Jan 21, 2015
GE Capital’s Healthcare Financial Services (HFS) business provided more than $10.5 billion in financing to customers across more than 240 transactions in 2014, an increase of 20% from the prior year.
GOP leaders promise bills will be approved
By
John O'Connor
Dec 01, 2014
Republicans were able to retake control of the Senate, while adding to their margin in the U.S. House. Now comes the hard part: actually governing.
RAC audits often inaccurate, group claims
By
John O'Connor
Dec 02, 2012
A major hospital group has called for a federal investigation into mistakes made by recovery audit contractors.
Departing workers are outpacing arrivals
By
John O'Connor
Mar 04, 2015
Workers are continuing to leave the field faster than they arrive, a new study finds.
Providers give quick rebuke to White House budget plan
By
John O'Connor
Mar 01, 2012
President Obama’s 2013 budget plan received a cool reception from the provider community. The collective criticism is that the $3.8 trillion blueprint lacks fairness and vision.
Skilled care occupancy rates down in second quarter: NIC
By
John O'Connor
Sep 15, 2016
Second-quarter occupancy rates in skilled care facilities fell to 82.2%, or their lowest level since figures started being tracked in 2011, according to a new National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
Blood clotting emerges as a new COVID-19 risk
By
John O'Connor
May 03, 2020
It’s well established that COVID-19 fuels severe respiratory problems. In addition, those with severe infections also risk abnormal blood clotting, according to Irish clinicians.
Our simple goal: To be useful
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2007
If you are like most long-term care professionals, the workday sometimes grabs onto nights, weekends and holidays. That means that we at McKnight’s need to deliver content that merits whatever little...