Government releases first-of-its-kind toolkit to help hospitals, post-acute facilities reduce Medicaid...
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 22, 2014
Hospital partnerships with post-acute and long-term care facilities are crucial to reducing Medicaid readmissions, and providers now can refer to a new report and free toolkit to help forge these relationships,...
Navigating reimbursement for telemedicine
By
Christy Tosh Crider, Anthea Daniels and John Shuster
Jun 08, 2016
In addition to payment, ensuring compliance of a telehealth arrangement with the federal and state anti-kickback statutes is key.
Rising tide of medical cannabis
Mar 09, 2016
While there is some concern about potential abuse of medical cannabis, it is overshadowed by its potential benefits.
A transformation plan can lead to new funding
By
David Friend
and Mike Musick
Jul 09, 2015
With the Supreme Court’s ruling on King v. Burwell behind us, many of the doubts that have held back new healthcare developments have been absolved.
Late-career leverage: Upheaval spells opportunity
By
Adriane Willig
Aug 14, 2013
Whatever the situation, “experienced” long-term care leaders looking for work need to understand that the landscape is different.
Getting proactive on hospital readmissions
By
Ben Adkins
Oct 21, 2011
Long-term care providers have plenty at stake when it comes to the issue of hospital readmissions, and working to reduce them. As debt ceiling talks and federal budget woes raise the specter of additional...
Rehab patients are not always as they appear
By
Renee Kinder
Aug 04, 2017
We often see a phenomenon in rehab patients at initial presentation. Many times they are not as they appear.
Medically Complex Medicare Part B
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
May 08, 2013
While CMS tries to figure out how to proceed with the manual medical review process, we continue to track our caps and apply our modifiers. In the meantime, has anyone noticed how our typical Medicare...
Addition by subtraction: Do the math of Alzheimer’s
By
Stuart Greenbaum
Mar 28, 2016
Addition by subtraction is a curious phenomenon. It occurs in politics — for a timely example — when a reduced field of candidates helps voters and media focus more attention on those who remain. Alzheimer’s...
Assisted living: a risky business
By
Nancy Augustine and Paola DiNatale
Aug 07, 2008
While it offers many benefits, assisted living also could have many unforeseeable pitfalls, including the risk of resident eviction and the possibility of a lower than expected quality of care.