It’s surprising that the type and amount of post-acute care patients receive after discharge partly depends on which hospital provided their acute care.
Managing volunteers’ liability and risk
By
Erin O’Leary
May 18, 2018
Although volunteers are an incredible asset to senior care organizations, there are risks associated with having them onsite.
Playing the population health game in long-term care
By
Marty Stempniak
May 18, 2018
When discussing the hospital field, just about every other word out of someone’s mouth has something to do with “value” or “population health.” The wave is about to long-term...
Garden variety denial
By
Gary Tetz
May 17, 2018
Maybe the real reason some people don’t like gardening has little to do with the time and effort required, the proximity to deadly spiders or the pesky dirt under the nails. Maybe it’s the...
Office of Inspector General voluntary disclosures — should I or shouldn’t I?
By
Richard Cheng
May 16, 2018
Nursing facility operators might be faced with this dilemma: Should I or shouldn’t I provide an overpayment self-disclosure to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General?...
Will drug price list bring clarity or just transparency?
By
James M. Berklan
May 16, 2018
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma announced Tuesday that her agency will be publishing “Drug Dashboards” to show the public how much drug prices covered by...
How skilled nursing facilities are using virtual reality to enhance resident stays
By
Sushant Abrol, PT, MS, DPT and Jennifer Wenk
May 14, 2018
The use of virtual reality can help improve the lives of seniors with mobility problems who require physical rehabilitation and for those residents who are unable to leave the facility.
A pro-union move that will put ‘democracy’ to the test
By
John O'Connor
May 14, 2018
A newly proposed bill could give unions quite a boost. At your expense. Called the “Workplace Democracy Act,” don’t let the name fool you. From an operator’s perspective, there’s...
To tell a story is to change a life forever
May 11, 2018
Last summer, along with my older sister and our children, we made a 900-mile trek across four states for no other reason than to sit across a picnic table from our paternal grandfather and listen to his...
RCS-Done … Tech Support, please!
By
Renee Kinder
May 10, 2018
I was all ready for my presentation on RCS-I, and then I literally lost power and had the run yanked out from under me at the same time.