Ask the legal expert: Can you find any positives in the 2023 SNF PPS proposed rule?
By
Norris Cunningham
Jun 01, 2022
Q: Can you find any positives for nursing homes in the 2023 proposed prospective payment rule?
The summer of our nursing homes’ discontent
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 01, 2022
Memorial Day weekend usually ushers in a feeling of lightness, but I’m weighed down by uncertainty this year. Will it be a summer of discontent?
Removing SNF spaces among adaptive tactics used by successful CCRCs: report
By
Danielle Brown
May 01, 2022
Removing skilled nursing spaces should be part of wide considerations for life plan and continuing care retirement communities’ looking to succeed, says a new Ziegler report.
Lawmakers push for Medicare, Medicaid to pay for more mental health services
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2022
Medicare and Medicaid programs may soon pay for more long-term care patients’ mental health services under a proposal being prepped by Senate leaders.
RN care coordination helps senior living residents age in place longer: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 01, 2022
An aging-in-place model of care that uses registered nurse care coordinators helped residents of one independent living community stay longer and more comfortably, investigators have found.
Retinal layer thickness linked to cognitive decline in older adults
May 27, 2022
Thinner baseline total macular retinal nerve fiber layer thickness associated with larger decline in cognitive function test scores during follow-up
Mom-and-pop survival
By
Jean Wendland Porter
May 31, 2022
The chain and franchise SNFs will mostly survive. But in the face of rising costs, federal cuts and vast numbers of employees leaving the workforce, how can the small operators survive?
Comments on proposed pay rule pile up as deadline approaches
By
Danielle Brown
May 31, 2022
More than 2,000 providers have formally weighed in on a proposed 4.6% cut to the Patient Driven Payment Model, many of them urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to shift its strategy.
CMS targets more providers with pivot toward tougher surveys
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 31, 2022
A CMS leader says the agency is going to more closely monitor and inspect hospitals with high COVID-19 transmission rates following a spike in 2022.
AMA survey shows lack of progress on prior authorization reforms
May 27, 2022
Results show little progress across all five reform areas outlined in a 2018 consensus statement, the AMA has found.