The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may be asking you for help this summer. It might behoove you to sit up and take notice.
Ensor named VP
Nov 14, 2018
Ensor joins Greenbrier with more than 20 years of senior living experience, progressing from community-level roles to senior executive positions for multi-state organizations. Most recently, she was regional...
Understand the IMPACT of clinical standards at Super Tuesday webinar
Aug 04, 2015
Many long-term care providers are struggling to understand the rules and regulations of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014. Receive clarity – and a CE credit –...
New LTC resources from some of the best
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Dec 06, 2016
Over the past year, I’ve been involved with several exciting long-term care-related projects that I can now tell you about. In the spirit of the season, I wanted to spread some good cheer with them,...
You know you’re a nurse when …
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 30, 2012
OK, I can’t help myself. I’m in an incredibly silly mood as I sit to write my blog today. And I was thinking about how we as nurses see the world differently from “normal” folks....
May 22 webcast to study Medicare readmissions policies: implications for hospitals and post-acute providers
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 30, 2012
Providers who don’t fully understand hospital readmissions issues, or who continue to do business “as usual,” will be penalized in the near future. At a free McKnight’s webcast...
Learn survival skills for the survey on March 14 during Online Expo
Mar 01, 2017
Cap off the first day of McKnight’s 11th Annual Online Expo with an informational session full of strategies for being survey-ready around the clock
Same-sex couples: Are you and your staff prepared? Probably not
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Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Sep 05, 2013
Last week, McKnight’s staff writer Tim Mullaney wrote about the new Medicare guidance that guarantees that same-sex married couples can live in the same nursing home. Is your staff prepared to offer...
Seniorlink adds Fronckiewicz to C-suite
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2019
Seniorlink Inc., a leading tech-enabled health services company has appointed Diane Fronckiewicz, J.D., as its new vice president, chief compliance and privacy officer. She will oversee all regulatory,...
The new merry pranksters
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Mary Gustafson
Apr 12, 2012
I was prepared for the worst — yes, I was prepared to have a strong negative reaction to the new Betty White-hosted prank show “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers.”